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
00:26:00 This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco this ain’t no fooling around This ain’t no mudd club, or C. B. G. B. 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
00:31:49 We are born without eyesight We are born without sin And our mama protects us From the cold and the rain
00:35:23 "Swamp" (Harrison, Byrne, Weymouth, Frantz)
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
00:42:17 Oh a day that was…Oh ho, and that’s the way it goes There’s a million ways - to get things done There’s a million ways - to make things work out.
00:47:13 The less we say about it the better Make it up as we go along Feet on the ground head in the sky It’s ok I know nothing’s wrong...nothing
00:49:51 Eyes that light up, eyes look through you Cover up the blank spots Hit me on the head Ah ooh
00:53:32 Water dissolving...and water removing There is water at the bottom of the ocean Remove the water, carry the water Remove the water from the bottom of the ocean!
00:55:03 Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was...Same as it ever was...
00:57:35 The girls can do it to you!
01:00:20 He’s got a greater depth of feeling Well he’s the genius of love He’s so deep.
01:04:17 Somebody calls you but you cannot hear, get closer to be far away Only one look and that’s all that it takes, maybe that’s all that we need
01:07:29 Take my money, my cigarettes; I haven’t seen the worst of it yet I wanna know, can you tell me? I love to stay
01:11:26 I'd like to introduce the band by name
01:12:23 (...and David Byrne (guitar, vocals))
01:19:13 The feeling returns Whenever we close out eyes Lifting my head Looking around inside.
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 line01:19:13
Production Record
DirectorJonathan Demme
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,200,000
Revenue$12,471,520
IMDb votes22,409