Stop Making Sense

ByJacob Burns Film Center
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When

Wednesday, July 19, 2017    
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Jacob Burns Film Center
364 Manville Road
Pleasantville, 10570
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There are so many ways we want to remember our friend Jonathan Demme, who passed away in April. One of the best we can think of is to show this masterpiece of a performance film—and we’ll crank it all the way up, just as Jonathan would have wanted. Art house theaters across the country join us on this date in screening Stop Making Sense in his memory.

Has there ever been a better performance film, one as vibrant as this? We certainly don’t think so. Jonathan Demme made his documentary debut with this infectious masterpiece showcasing the Talking Heads, just after their big mainstream success with the album Speaking in Tongues and the single “Burning Down the House.” You don’t even need to be a Talking Heads fan to love Stop Making Sense. When we showed it in 2014—with Jonathan and David Byrne in the house—the audience was dancing in the aisles.