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Stop Making Sense [Blu-ray]
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Additional Blu-ray options | Edition | Discs | Price | New from | Used from |
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November 27, 2015 "Please retry" | — | 1 |
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| $49.99 | $59.95 |
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Genre | Special Interests |
Format | DTS Surround Sound, Color, Widescreen, Blu-ray |
Contributor | Bernie Worrell, Jerry Harrison, Chris Frants, Jonathan Demme, Talking Heads, David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Alex Weir See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 28 minutes |
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Product Description
Stop Making Sense captures the enormous energy and joyous highs of the Talking Heads live performance. Band members David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz and Jerry Harrison are joined by Bernie Worrell, Alex Weir, Steve Scales, Lynn Mabry and Edna Holt in this groundbreaking concert film that is packed with the Talking Heads most memorable songs.
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 6.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 1.9 ounces
- Item model number : 660200316723
- Director : Jonathan Demme
- Media Format : DTS Surround Sound, Color, Widescreen, Blu-ray
- Run time : 1 hour and 28 minutes
- Release date : February 25, 2020
- Actors : Bernie Worrell, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison, Chris Frants, David Byrne
- Studio : Palm Pictures
- ASIN : B002FE5XVK
- Writers : Jonathan Demme, Talking Heads
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,125 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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First, to be clear, I love the Talking Heads of this era (and earlier) and this concert. As many have said before, Stop Making Sense is one of the best concert performances ever captured on film. Poorly captured, unfortunately.
I've owned the standard DVD for years, and have viewed it on my Oppo 970 upscaling player at least 50 times. I know (and love) the content very well, warts and all. I eagerly awaited the release on blu-ray to improve the blurry, soft, artifact-laden DVD.
Sadly, on my 106" screen (fed by a Pioneer BPD-51FD blu-ray player though an Epson 1080UB), the video on blu-ray is so similar (poor) to the DVD that I consider it a wasted purchase. What makes it even WORSE than the DVD, is that all the grain, scratches, and film defects are greatly enhanced by the sharpness of blu-ray. When a scratch comes along, it's presented in high definition, making it leap out even more than it does on DVD. The sharp detail of the defects screams out how bad the source really is. Monty Python's Life of Brian was similarly horrific on DVD, but the restoration processing used for the blu-ray transformed it astonishingly to near perfect. I had hoped for SOME similar improvements on Stop Making Sense, but this blu-ray is a dud in my opinion. I see only moments of improved detail, but so little as to be of no consequence. Some reviewers feel that this is part of the films' charm and artistic intent. I respectfully disagree - strongly. The bad video quality just looks like sloppy, inept film making. The concept, direction and performances are wonderful, but the images look like a 4th generation VHS tape. Sadly, apparently all the existing copies of the original film used to master the DVDs and blu-rays are apparently equally awful.
Audio IS improved on the blu-ray, however. Notably, audio lip-sync problems are much better than the standard DVD (particularly on 'What a Day That Was') . Yet this also helps to emphasize how bad the image quality is. Great audio combined with high-def film grain/defects make the soft, crappy images seem worse than ever by comparison.
I wish I'd never bothered to upgrade to this blu-ray, my old DVD is essentially equivalent on a good upscaling player.
Ultimately, Stop Making Sense is an essential, desert-island DVD, although poorly-filmed (picture quality-wise). I adore the content, but wish that there would be an attempt at restoration, even if some purists might object. Until then, the added resolution of blu-ray is a waste, at best. If you own this on DVD, don't bother with the blu-ray version.
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