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Stop Making Sense was parodied in an episode of the comedy series Documentary Now!. In the second-season episode "Final Transmission", the show sees the New Wave band Test Pattern play its final concert. It includes references to the staging and music styles of Talking Heads, with the band's lead singer (played by Fred Armisen) parodying Byrne ...
True Stories features a number of songs written by Byrne and performed by various members of the cast as well as by Talking Heads (the members of which make cameo appearances). Talking Heads released an album titled True Stories in which the band performs most of the songs from the film, including songs that were performed by the actors in the ...
Current-day talking heads Richie, Springsteen, Lauper, Dionne Warwick, Kenny Loggins, Smokey Robinson, and Sheila E. bring an insightful perspective to the experience.
To film the second-season episode "Final Transmission", the Documentary Now! crew staged a real-life concert (attracting around 1,000 people) in which Armisen, Hader, and guest star Maya Rudolph performed as the Talking Heads-inspired band the episode centers around. [36]
The classic Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense” has generated $5 million at the box office since returning to theaters in the fall. With this benchmark, the “Stop Making Sense ...
Talking Heads' David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison will assemble publicly next month for the first time since 2002. Talking Heads Reuniting For ‘Stop Making Sense ...
The website's critical consensus states, "Although it appears to be nothing more than a "talking heads" documentary you may see on TV, Into the Arms of Strangers, nonetheless, tells a heart-wrenching story". [6] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 79 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [7]
Heartfelt, dramatic, and funny, too, the docuseries heads to East Los Angeles College to follow the school’s hopeful basketball players, who are some of the best personalities we’ve ever seen ...