Talk about a cinema-surround show.
12, a multi-storied Imax screen on par with the size of the one at Universal Citywalk.
If you happen to seeStop Making Sense,see it on the biggest Imax screen possible.
(L-R) Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison and David Byrne of Talking HeadsGetty
The movie opens exclusively in Imax on Sept. 22 and gets an expansion on Sept. 29.
This is different from watching it on my laptop, beamed Talking Heads frontman andThe Last EmperorOscar winner Byrne.
The band largely spoke about the genesis for the pic; Demme was a huge fan of the band.
Talking Heads’ David Byrne in ‘Stop Making Sense,’ 1984Everett Collection
They too adored him and his work, specificallyMelvin & Howard.
We thought who could direct this?
Who could pay for it?
Demme shot their performance at LAs Pantages theater over the course of a week in December 1983.
Because when you get right down to it, the music is greater than the band even.
We might be dead, but the music continues.
Harrison said after they were done, the band continued on to Australia and New Zealand.
It was a sprint, he said with the movie coming out in April 1984.
So many projects are interrupted, and you have to take a break.
We never took a break.
It flowed and it was finished, Harrison added.
Byrne believes that up to 18 cameras were used during the production.
(He said) Well, David, in the theater, everything is bigger than in real life.
He was referring to gestures and how you sing louder.
I thought, Oh, my suit should be bigger, too.'
Said Frantz making a pun on Imax: It was really big tonight.
The last time the Talking Heads got together was at the 2002 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.
Is this latest reunion a sign of more get-togethers to come?
We caught up with Byrne later tonight following the screening, and the unfortunate answeris a continued No.
