It's been 30 years since art rock visionaries Talking Heads and Jonathan Demme teamed up to produce the legendary Stop Making Sense concert film, and the anniversary will be celebrated by a new digital release of the movie and an upcoming series of screenings across North America.
Palm Pictures had previously issued the 1984 concert flick, recorded over three days at Hollywood, CA's Pantages Theater in 1983, on DVD and Blu-ray, but have now revealed plans to issue the film as a digital release on July 15.
Ahead of Palm's latest reissue, though, Stop Making Sense will be making it to cinema houses North America wide, having started its tour last weekend in Ithaca, NY. Along the way, the film will be screened in Vancouver and Kingston, ON, though not all of the details on the where and when have been revealed. You can see the schedule as is down below.
Employing long shots, a stage-building conceit and eschewing excessive audience footage, Demme's Stop Making Sense captured the band performing classic tracks like "Psycho Killer," "Heaven," "Once in a Lifetime" and "Take Me to the River," and features vocalist David Byrne performing in his iconic "big suit."
Screening dates:
05/22 Pleasantville, NY - Jacob Burns
05/23-06/05 Ogden, UT - Art House Cinema 502
06/04-05 Brooklyn, NY - BAM
06/07 Portland, OR - Reed College
06/13-14 Kansas City, MO - Tivoli Theatre
06/13-19 Missoula, MT - Roxy
06/16 Rochester, NY - Little Theater
06/18-20 Los Angeles, CA - New Beverly
06/18 Columbus, OH - Gateway Film Center
06/22 Columbus, OH - Gateway Film Center
06/19-22 Oak Cliff, TX - Texas Theatre
06/22 Phoenix, AZ - Phoenix Center for the Arts
07/03 Littleton, CO - Alamo
07/04-05 Troy, OH - Mayflower
07/10 Yonkers, NY - Alamo
07/14 Austin, TX - Alamo Ritz
07/15 Kalamazoo, MI - Alamo
07/17 Kalamazoo, MI - Alamo
08/01-03 Seattle, WA - SIFF Cinema
08/06 Lexington, KY - Kentucky Theatre
08/14 Houston, TX - Miller Outdoor Theatre
08/14 Chicago, IL - The Music Box
08/16 Chicago, IL - Music Music Box
08/22-24 Kansas City, MO - Armour
09/06 New Orleans, LA - Shotgun Cinema
09/06 Silver Spring, MD - AFI Silver
09/08 Silver Spring, MD - AFI Silver
09/19 Kansas City, MO - Kansas City Public Library
TBD Vancouver, BC - Vancity Theatre
TBD Kingston, ON - Screening Room Cinema
TBD Los Angeles, CA - Oscar Theatre
TBD Huntington, NY - Cinema Arts Center
TBD Portland, OR - Academy Theater
TBD Portland, OR - Northwest Film Center
TBD Memphis, TN - Indie Memphis
TBD Nashville, TN - Belcourt Theater
Palm Pictures had previously issued the 1984 concert flick, recorded over three days at Hollywood, CA's Pantages Theater in 1983, on DVD and Blu-ray, but have now revealed plans to issue the film as a digital release on July 15.
Ahead of Palm's latest reissue, though, Stop Making Sense will be making it to cinema houses North America wide, having started its tour last weekend in Ithaca, NY. Along the way, the film will be screened in Vancouver and Kingston, ON, though not all of the details on the where and when have been revealed. You can see the schedule as is down below.
Employing long shots, a stage-building conceit and eschewing excessive audience footage, Demme's Stop Making Sense captured the band performing classic tracks like "Psycho Killer," "Heaven," "Once in a Lifetime" and "Take Me to the River," and features vocalist David Byrne performing in his iconic "big suit."
Screening dates:
05/22 Pleasantville, NY - Jacob Burns
05/23-06/05 Ogden, UT - Art House Cinema 502
06/04-05 Brooklyn, NY - BAM
06/07 Portland, OR - Reed College
06/13-14 Kansas City, MO - Tivoli Theatre
06/13-19 Missoula, MT - Roxy
06/16 Rochester, NY - Little Theater
06/18-20 Los Angeles, CA - New Beverly
06/18 Columbus, OH - Gateway Film Center
06/22 Columbus, OH - Gateway Film Center
06/19-22 Oak Cliff, TX - Texas Theatre
06/22 Phoenix, AZ - Phoenix Center for the Arts
07/03 Littleton, CO - Alamo
07/04-05 Troy, OH - Mayflower
07/10 Yonkers, NY - Alamo
07/14 Austin, TX - Alamo Ritz
07/15 Kalamazoo, MI - Alamo
07/17 Kalamazoo, MI - Alamo
08/01-03 Seattle, WA - SIFF Cinema
08/06 Lexington, KY - Kentucky Theatre
08/14 Houston, TX - Miller Outdoor Theatre
08/14 Chicago, IL - The Music Box
08/16 Chicago, IL - Music Music Box
08/22-24 Kansas City, MO - Armour
09/06 New Orleans, LA - Shotgun Cinema
09/06 Silver Spring, MD - AFI Silver
09/08 Silver Spring, MD - AFI Silver
09/19 Kansas City, MO - Kansas City Public Library
TBD Vancouver, BC - Vancity Theatre
TBD Kingston, ON - Screening Room Cinema
TBD Los Angeles, CA - Oscar Theatre
TBD Huntington, NY - Cinema Arts Center
TBD Portland, OR - Academy Theater
TBD Portland, OR - Northwest Film Center
TBD Memphis, TN - Indie Memphis
TBD Nashville, TN - Belcourt Theater
