Stop Making Sense
1984 · 88 MIN · IMDB 8.7 · 22,409 VOTES · DIR. Jonathan Demme
Overview
A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.
Dialogue Timeline — 235 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:01 1."Psycho Killer" 2."Heaven" 3."Thank You for Sending Me an Angel" 4."Found a Job" 5."Slippery People" 6."Burning Down the House" 7."Life During Wartime" 8."Making Flippy Floppy" 9."Swamp" 10."What a Day That Was" 11."This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" 12."Once in a Lifetime" 13."Genius of Love" 14."Girlfriend is Better" 15."Take Me to the River" 16."Crosseyed and Painless"
00:04:07 Psycho Killer, Qu’est-ce que c’est? [What is it?] fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa better Run run run run run run away Oh Oh Oh
00:09:06 Oh, heaven, heaven is a place, a place where nothing, nothing ever happens. Oh, heaven, heaven is a place, a place where nothing, nothing ever happens.
00:12:10 "Found a Job" (Byrne)
00:16:20 What about the time? You were fallin’ over Fell on your face. You must be having fun Walk lightly! Think of a time. You’d best believe, This thing is real
00:19:30 He’s alright! - The Lord won’t mind. He’s alright! - Love from the bottom to the top! He’s alright! - The Lord won’t mind. Right now! - Turn like a wheel inside a wheel!
00:23:54 Burning down the house
00:26:40 This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco this ain’t no fooling around No time for dancing, or lovey dovey I ain’t got time for that now
00:28:25 Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks? They won’t help me survive My chest is aching, burns like a furnace the burning keeps me alive
00:32:04 We’re in no hurry sugar and spice We sing in the darkness We open our eyes (open up)
00:35:55 Now lemme tell you a story The devil he has a plan A bag o’ bones in his pocket Got anything you want
00:38:49 Click click - see ya later Beta beta - no time to rest Peeka peeka- risky business All that blood, they were covered in mess. Let’s go
00:43:28 And they’re enjoying themselves, moving in ev’ry direction And if you feel like you’re in a whirlpool, you feel like going home You feel like talking to someone Who knows the differences between right and wrong, oh
00:47:55 Never for money Always for love Cover up and say goodnight...say goodnight
00:51:53 And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
00:53:54 Into the blue again, after the money’s gone Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground.
00:55:50 Letting the days go by… Letting the days go by… Letting the days go by…
00:58:06 He’ll take my arm When we’re walkin’, rolling and rocking It’s one time I’m glad I’m not a man Feels like I’m dreaming, but I’m not sleeping
01:02:36 & I, I, I, wake up and wonder, what was the place, what was the name? We wanna wait, but here we go again...
01:05:29 Stop making sense, stop making sense Stop making sense, making sense, I got a girlfriend that’s better than that And nothing is better that this (oh, is it?)
01:08:32 I wanna know (woo) can you tell me? I love to stay
01:11:43 Ednah Holt (backing vocals)
01:15:50 Lost my shape Tryin’ to act casual! Can’t stop I might end up in the hospital Changin’ my shape I feel like an accident They’re back! To explain their experience
50:00:00 And they have lost all their possessions; they have nothing left to eat Down come a bolt of lightning, start an electrical storm
Cast & Characters
David Byrne
Self - Vocals and Guitar
Bernie Worrell
Self - Keyboards
Alex Weir
Self - Guitar and Vocals
Steven Scales
Self - Percussion
Lynn Mabry
Self - Backing Vocals
Ednah Holt
Self - Backing Vocals
Tina Weymouth
Self - Bass-Percussion-Vocals
Jerry Harrison
Self - Guitar-Keyboards-Vocals
Chris Frantz
Self - Drums and Vocals
Talking Heads
Themselves
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed235
Dialogue density2.7 lines / min
First line00:01:01
Final line50:00:00
Production Record
DirectorJonathan Demme
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,200,000
Revenue$12,471,520
IMDb votes22,409