Stop Making Sense

"From the opening frames of Jonathan Demme's 'Stop Making Sense,' which opens today at the 57th Street Playhouse, it's apparent that this is a rock concert film that looks and sounds like no other."

Three Cheers

"Clean-shaven, with short hair, slicked back, and wearing white sneakers and a light-colored suit, with his shirt buttoned right up to his Adam's apple, the gaunt David Byrne, who founded the group, comes on alone (with his acoustic guitar and a tape player) for the first number 'Psycho Killer.'"

Stop Making Sense

"Jonathan Demme's Talking Heads concert film, 'Stop Making Sense,' is one of those miracle movies, a picture that seems to have come together by laws unto itself."

All Movie Guide

"Stop Making Sense is a prime example of the best way to make a perfect concert movie."

How well does the concert film age?

"It holds up remarkably well 26 years later in the new Blu-ray edition being released this week of Jonathan Demme’s film of that landmark concert."

Rocking Heads

"I'll leave the music commentary to those better qualified than me. Suffice it to say this disc is a sublime introduction to a legendary art-rock band if you're a newcomer and an indispensible greatest-hits collection for casual fans."

Stop Making Sense on Bluray

"Jonathan Demme's concert film of Talking Heads is indeed one of the greatest concert films of all time."

Visual Audio

Rock fans and movie buffs can argue among themselves over the best concert films of all time, but in terms of the quality of the performance, the richness of cinematic style, and just overall awesomeness? Man, it’s hard to top Talking Heads’Stop Making Sense."

Blu-ray Discs’ Colorful World

"'Stop Making Sense' makes another kind of sense as a Blu-ray release."

Here We Go Again: The Politics of Stop Making Sense

Even if you’re the right age to have been a fan, odds are your Talking Heads isn’t my Talking Heads.

Stop Making Sense

David Byrne must have secretly smiled when critics snobbishly praised the big white suit he dons in the second half of Stop Making Sense as a nod to either Joseph Beuys or to Noh theater.