Editing Stop Making Sense (section)

{{Short description|1984 concert film by Jonathan Demme}}
{{For|the soundtrack|Stop Making Sense (album){{!}}''Stop Making Sense'' (album)}}
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{{Infobox film
| image          = Stop making sense poster original.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Jonathan Demme]]
| name           = Stop Making Sense
| producer       = [[Gary Goetzman]]
| writer         = [[Talking Heads]]<br />Jonathan Demme
| starring       = Talking Heads
| music          = Talking Heads
| cinematography = [[Jordan Cronenweth]]
| editing        = Lisa Day
| studio         = [[Arnold Stiefel|Arnold Stiefel Company]]
| distributor    = [[Cinecom|Cinecom International Films]]<br>[[Island Records|Island Alive Releasing]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Stop Making Sense (1984) |website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] |access-date=March 17, 2023 |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57205-STOP-MAKINGSENSE}}</ref>
| released       = {{Film date|1984|4|24|[[San Francisco International Film Festival|SFIFF]]|1984|10|19|United States}}
| runtime        = 88 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $1.2 million
| gross          = $12.4 million<ref name="gr2963034629">{{cite Box Office Mojo |title=Stop Making Sense (1984) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2963034629/ |access-date=April 1, 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''''Stop Making Sense''''' is a 1984 American [[concert film]] featuring a live performance by the American rock band [[Talking Heads]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/en/us/films/stop-making-sense|title=Stop Making Sense (1984) |via=mubi.com}}</ref> The film was directed by [[Jonathan Demme]] and executive produced by [[Gary Kurfirst]], the band’s longtime manager. The film was shot over four nights in December 1983 at Hollywood’s [[Pantages Theatre (Hollywood)|Pantages Theatre]] while Talking Heads were on tour promoting their 1983 album, ''[[Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads album)|Speaking in Tongues]]''. ''Stop Making Sense'' includes performances of the early Talking Heads single, "[[Psycho Killer]]" (1977), through to their most recent hit at the time, "[[Burning Down the House]]" (1983). It also includes songs from the solo career of frontman [[David Byrne]] and by [[Tom Tom Club]], the side project of drummer [[Chris Frantz]] and bassist [[Tina Weymouth]].

The film was [[independent film|independently produced]] and the band raised the budget of $1.2 million themselves. The four core members of Talking Heads are joined by backing singers [[Lynn Mabry]] and [[The Ritchie Family|Ednah Holt]], guitarist [[Alex Weir (musician)|Alex Weir]], keyboardist [[Bernie Worrell]] and percussionist Steve Scales. ''Stop Making Sense'' is considered by many critics to be a classic and one of the greatest concert films of all time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a54788/jonathan-demme-stop-making-sense-talking-heads/|title=Why ''Stop Making Sense'' Remains the Greatest Concert Film|website=esquire.com|date=April 27, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://siskelebert.org/?p=6069|title=Cult Movies on Videocassette, 1987 – Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews|website=siskelebert.org}}</ref><ref>[https://www.fatherly.com/entertainment/stop-making-sense-talking-heads-kids-and-family 39 Years Later, Gen-Z Is Making One Perfect Rock Movie Into A Smash Hit - Fatherly]</ref> The film is a pioneering example of the use of early [[digital audio]] techniques. In 2021, it was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/talking-heads-stop-making-sense-added-to-national-film-registry/ |title=Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense Added to National Film Registry |date=December 14, 2021 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> A special 4K restoration of the film was re-released in theaters in September 2023 by [[A24]].