The title is as fitting as the band’s name, Talking Heads. There was no reason to search for a logical sound or message in this doc directed by Philadelphia’s Jonathan Demme — or to be angry I didn’t know any of the songs in this concert film. Frontman David Byrne’s sub-Katie-and-NCV voice didn’t matter either. What mattered was the heady mix of color, energy, and invention that bobbed at all times. David Byrne was David Bowie, Rivers Cuomo, and Pee Wee Herman at the same time. Few people know The After Party had a third season — and it was filmed it in 1984…
Grade: A
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