Editing Stop Making Sense (section)

==Reception==
On [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Stop Making Sense'' holds an [[List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes|approval rating of 100%]] based on 66 reviews, with an average rating of 9.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Jonathan Demme's ''Stop Making Sense'' captures the energetic, unpredictable live act of peak Talking Heads with colour and visual wit."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/talking_heads_stop_making_sense/ |title=Stop Making Sense (1984) |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=October 8, 2023}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|94|15}}<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/stop-making-sense/ |title=Stop Making Sense Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=October 8, 2023}}</ref> It won the [[National Society of Film Critics]] Award for best non-fiction film in 1984.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/?page_id=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323062049/http://www.nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/?page_id=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 23, 2015 |title=Past Awards |date=March 23, 2015 |website=National Society of Film Critics}}</ref>

The film is widely regarded as one of the finest concert films ever made. [[Leonard Maltin]] gave it four out of four, describing it as "brilliantly conceived, shot, edited and performed" and "one of the greatest rock movies ever made."<ref name="Leonard Maltin 2008">{{cite book |first=Leonard |last=Maltin |title=Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780452289789 |url-access=registration |publisher=Plume |year=2008 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780452289789/page/1321 1321] |isbn=9780452289789}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film a three-and-a-half star rating, writing that "the {{sic|overwelming}} impression throughout ''Stop Making Sense'' is of enormous energy, of life being lived at a joyous high...It's a live show with elements of ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]''...But the film's peak moments come through Byrne's simple physical presence. He jogs in place with his sidemen; he runs around the stage; he seems so happy to be alive and making music...He serves as a reminder of how sour and weary and strung-out many rock bands have become."<ref name=ebert>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/stop-making-sense-1984 |title=Stop Making Sense |author-link=Roger Ebert |publisher=Ebert Digital LLC |work=RogerEbert.com |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=January 1, 1984 |access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref>

[[Danny Peary]] described ''Stop Making Sense'' as "Riveting...What takes place on stage will make even the most sceptical into Talking Heads converts...[The] performances are invariably exciting, Byrne's lyrics are intriguing. Byrne, his head moving rhythmically as if he had just had shock treatments, is spellbinding – what a talent!...Byrne is known for his belief that music should be performed in an interesting, ''visual'' manner, and this should make him proud."<ref>{{cite book |first=Danny |last=Peary |title=Guide for the Film Fanatic |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=1986 |page=406 |isbn=978-0671610814}}</ref> [[Robert Christgau]] noted the "sinuous, almost elegant clarity" of Demme's direction, while writing that the film had pushed the "limits to how great a rock concert movie can be ... as far as they were liable to go."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Christgau |first=Robert |date=April 1988 |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/vr/sign-48.php |title=Prince: Sign 'O' the Times |magazine=Video Review |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref> Christgau described it as "the finest concert film"<ref>{{cite news |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=October 30, 1984 |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv10-84.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |access-date=July 17, 2018}}</ref> while [[Pauline Kael]] of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' described it as "close to perfection".<ref name="kael"/>

In 1985, the film received the Grand Prix for Best Film at [[Film Fest Gent]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.filmfestival.be/en/festival/awards/official-competition | title=Official Competition }}</ref>