‘Stop Making Sense’ Parties & Discos: Imax Weekend Sales Selling Out; Talking Heads Santa Monica Reunion Draws John C. Reilly, Stephanie Hsu, More
21.09.2023 - 06:55
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The 40th anniversary 4K-cut of Stop Making Sense continues to make a lot of cents.
In the wake of the Talking Heads A24 re-release racking up the biggest grossing Imax live event ever with close to $641K, we’re hearing that showtimes for this weekend’s Imax run are already selling out.
Move over, Barbie (which is getting her first release in Imax this Friday for one week), because you’re going to have to contend with the Talking Heads in the house, not Ken.
Originally the re-release of the 1984 Jonathan Demme concert film was bound to run in around 150 Imax auditoriums, now it’s 300. That’s a nice appetizer for any pop rock aficionado waiting in the lobby for the Taylor Swift: Eras Tour concert to start. Stop Making Sense expands again next Friday, Sept. 29.
After dancing in their seats at their TIFF reunion last week, the Talking Heads came to the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica to bring down more houses, Tuesday night’s sellout seeing tickets priced as high as $32. While Oscar winner Spike Lee moderated the band’s get-together in Toronto, their prior being 21 years ago, 11x Oscar nominee Paul Thomas Anderson got his nerd out with the post-punk band.
Also in attendance for what’s hopefully not a once in a lifetime event, were John C. Reilly, Everything Everywhere All at Once Oscar nominee Stephanie Hsu, Adam Scott, Phoebe Bridgers, Beck, St. Vincent, China Chow, Jeff Probst and “Mickey” crooner herself, Toni Basil.
David Byrne on the Hollywood Pantages Theatre being the selected venue to shoot ‘Stop Making Sense’ pic.twitter.com/ly4TdcGEmJ
The band shared more stories about the making of the movie, i.e. the Pantages where they shot the movie back in 1983 proved to be an ideal location. “You had to have a lot of wing