Stop Making Sense

Joy Division meets a warehouse rave. A single-take concert film where the band materializes, layer by layer, until the stage erupts in choreographed chaos. The Talking Heads own the frame without ever overstaying their welcome.

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Jonathan Demme directed Stop Making Sense in 1984. See Jonathan Demme's full filmography, where to start with Jonathan Demme, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jonathan Demme.

Stop Making Sense was released in 1984 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 88 minutes.