1986 Movie
Dir. David Byrne · United States of America · English, Portuguese
An American small town holds strange stories in this weird yet charming musical satire
When artists or musical bands make films, it’s usually a tour documentary or a biopic of some sort, where fans can go in depth with their music, their background, or anything that would explain what makes their music so great. When Talking Heads’ lead vocalist David Byrne made a film, it wasn’t about his hometown in Maryland or his birthplace in Scotland at all– Instead, it was about True Stories, compiling a series of vignettes in a fictional North Texan town. It’s a strange choice, but Byrne manages to capture the bizarre in ordinary small town America, that can get a bit surreal, but nonetheless holds a weird charm that’s excellently scored by the band. True Stories came out of nowhere, but it’s a decent watch.
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
The fictional town of Virgil, Texas are gearing up for their 150th anniversary, and as they do so, a cowboy-hat wearing, cherry-red drop-top car cruising narrator introduces the strange and musical residents there.
The music, of course.
David Byrne, why didn't you direct more films?
Berlin
1 nom
Spirit Awards
2 noms
Isabella Endrinal is a curator at A Good Movie to Watch. She's now free from the corporate night shift. Previous articles have been published in outlets such as NANG Magazine. She's currently catching up on some classic films… if she isn't coping with the fact that the Haikyu anime will end soon.
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