Stop Making Sense

“One of the greatest rock movies ever made”

Stop Making Sense was released in October 1984, the same month that Paul Jackson took the keys to 89 De Grey Street and repurposed a working mens club into a grassroots music venue. What better way to celebrate The Adelphi anniversary than a screening of a film described as “…close to perfection” projected onto our stage and though our 2000W sound system? Dig out your enormous suit and let’s dance!

Stop Making Sense is a 1984 concert movie featuring a live performance by Talking Heads. Directed by Jonathan Demme, it was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December 1983, as the group was touring to promote their new album Speaking in Tongues. The movie is notable for being the first made entirely using digital audio techniques. The band raised the budget of $1.2 million themselves. The title comes from the lyrics of the song “Girlfriend Is Better”: “As we get older and stop making sense..”. The film has been hailed by Leonard Maltin as “one of the greatest rock movies ever made”, and Pauline Kael of The New Yorker described it as “…close to perfection.”

Director Jonathan Demme.
Runtime: 88 minutes
Certification: PG.
Production Year: 1984

Free Entry
Doors 12.30pm
Screening begins 1.00pm
Bar open throughout the screening.
For ages 8+. Anyone under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.