Part of Belcourt Drive-In.
Tickets go on sale to Belcourt members Thu, Sep 10 at 3:00pm. Any remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public Fri, Sep 11 at 3:00pm.
Tickets are $25/vehicle for Belcourt members and $30/vehicle for non-members.
If you’re not currently a Belcourt member, purchase a membership before tickets go on sale, and you’ll have membership access.
Shot over three concert performances in Los Angeles in Dec 1983, director Jonathan Demme's creative genius and the Talking Heads' explosive energy throughout this 16-song performance make this film an exhilarating and exciting event. Great music, the big suit...it's a classic.
“In some ways it’s the perfect expression of Demme’s career-long fascination with the building of communities and with performing troupes as families (and vice versa). The director’s love of people and performers radiates from the film, and he caught the band at its joyous peak, from frontman David Byrne’s mesmerizing solo entrance to ‘Psycho Killer’ to his big-suit romp through ‘Swamp’ to a chill-raising ‘Once in a Lifetime.’” —Jim Ridley, Nashville Scene (2014)
“STOP MAKING SENSE owes very little to the rock film-making formulas of the past. It may well help inspire those of the future.” —Janet Maslin, New York Times (1984)
“...Not one of the countless concerts filmed in the years since ever captured a band's energy quite like Jonathan Demme did in his seminal film.” —Angela Watercutter, Wired
The Belcourt Theatre does not provide advisories about subject matter or potential triggering content, as sensitivities vary from person to person.
Beyond the synopses, trailers and review links on our website, other sources of information about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found on Common Sense Media, IMDb and DoesTheDogDie.com as well as through general internet searches.
