š¤ Happy Thursday! I hope youāve been having a really nice day today. Donāt forget you can see every single movie Iāve recommended right here.
Todayās recommendation is for Stop Making Sense (1984), streaming on Prime Video and The Criterion Channel. This Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs) directed concert documentary featuring the Talking Heads has been hailed as one of the best, if not the best, of the genre.
Directed by Jonathan Demme // ā± 88 mins // š Concert Documentary
Hereās what itās about:
Over four nights at the Pantages Theater in 1983 Jonathan Demme captured the Talking Headsā performance during their tour to promote the album Speaking in Tongues. [Trailer]
Why you should watch it:
While Jonathan Demme will always be remembered for his seminal psychological horror masterpiece The Silence of the Lambs, his work on concert films makes up a large portion of his filmography. Itās unsurprising considering his narrative work even has the kind rhythm that youād expect from a music documentary. However, Speaking in Tongues is exceptional purely on the merits of the bandās performance, in particular lead vocalist David Byrne.
The enigmatic lead singer bursts with energy when heās on stage ā quite literally running circles around his bandmates. However, itās the build to that burst that makes Stop Making Sense a masterpiece of a concert documentary. As the band joins Byrne on stage, the tension builds until the stage lights up with electricity. Itās the perfect movie to watch in the background while working from home āĀ but watch it through first.
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One trailer you should watch
PeninsulaĀ š§āāļø
It wasnāt until I saw the trailer for Yeon Sang-hoās Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula that I realized we havenāt seen a major trailer debut in almost a month. It was an odd moment of comfort. Peninsula takes place four years after Yeonās 2016 action-horror hit Train to Busan. The sequel finds the Korean peninsula unrecognizable and overrun by zombies as a crew is sent in to retrieve something for the government.
Tonally, the movie ups the originalās tension-filled action setpieces and applies them to a larger scale. Yeon cited George Millerās Mad Max: Fury Road as an inspiration and vowed to deliver a Hollywood-level blockbuster. If this trailer is any indication, he might have succeeded.
Directed byĀ Yeon Sang-hoĀ // YearĀ 2020Ā // GenreĀ Action-Horror
Have a great weekend! Donāt forget to check in on each other. Asking someone how theyāre doing means more than you think.
See you Monday ā
Karl (@karl_delo)