Screening: Stop Making Sense

We're psyched to be back at Oval Space this autumn with another handpicked programme of live-music documentaries!

Heralded as one of the greatest rock movies ever made, Stop Making Sense just exists in a class of its own. Directed by Jonathan Demme (who’d later smash the Oscars with Silence of the Lambs), the film captures Talking Heads off the back of their Speaking In Tongues tour, in a bombastically staged but totally visceral live experience.

It’s a pretty safe assumption that in the three decades since, no band has come close to matching the vision, audacity or bravado of David Byrnye and co in 1983. As we drum our fingers waiting to see what Byrne does next, discover (or rediscover) a solid gold masterpiece. Full volume.