The performance in Stop Making Sense, captured over four nights at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, represents a band at the peak of its powers
At the end of the premiere screening of the newly restored version of the acclaimed 1984 concert filmat the Toronto International Film Festival, it occurred to the Talking Heads musician Jerry Harrison that it was too short. “It went by so quickly that I wanted to watch it again,” he says, speaking the next day. “I thought to myself, ‘Is it over already?’”
It is over – has been for some time. The Talking Heads broke up in 1991. But they have reunited for the festival and for an interview in a downtown hotel. Here they are, sitting around a coffee table, attention turned to their smartphones during a break between journalists. “I have to call my wife,” Harrison says, excusing himself. Drummer Chris Frantz, a bit paunchy, wears a shirt with an alligator logo. His wife, bassist Tina Weymouth, sports dark glasses because of a scratched cornea.
They got here because the film’s original distribution deal expired, which allowed Harrison to give the film a 4K restoration. It releases exclusively in IMAX on Sept. 22, with full theatrical run elsewhere a week later. “We took advantage of new technology,” Harrison says. “All these things came together.”
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