Stop Making Sense premiered

October 19, 1984
One of the greatest concert movies, the Talking Heads film Stop Making Sense, dirested by Jonathon Demme opens in the US on this date.

Jonathan Demme wanted to shoot additional performance footage on a soundstage made to recreate the Pantages Theater. The band vetoed this idea because they thought the lack of audience response would have hindered the energy of their performance.

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