Stop Making Sense (Rock, Pop and All That Jazz)
Rock, Pop and All That Jazz
Stop Making Sense
USA 1984 | Jonathan Demme | documentaire | vo | 82’ | 35mm
Considered by many critics to be the greatest concert film ever made, this documentary follows the band Talking Heads during three concerts at Hollywood’s historic Pantages Theater in 1983.
« La qualité technique est remarquable, mais il y a là plus qu’un simple savoir-faire : une adéquation parfaitement réussie de l’image à la musique, celle-là communiquant sa formidable ferveur à celle-ci, d’où l’impression de plénitude dégagée par le film. En bref, l’œuvre d’un cinéaste inspiré, au sens fort, par son sujet. » (La Revue du cinéma)
« Apart from what artifice the Heads themselves allow on stage, Demme restricts himself to a cool, almost classic style, with the camera subservient to the action. Tacky rock theatre razzle is stripped down to humorously ‘minimal’ conceits of staging, lighting and presentation. The allegedly over-intellectual Heads are revealed to be human, warm-hearted, and possessed of a sizeable humour. A quietly large achievement. (Time Out Film Guide)
