True Stories
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40th Anniversary Screenings
Overview
In his red Chrysler convertible and cowboy hat, director, narrator and certified superstar David Byrne takes us on an Americana-filled journey around the fictional town of Virgil, Texas. Through a series of surreal comic vignettes interspersed with musical performances of Talking Heads hits like “Wild Wild Life” and “People Like Us” we’re introduced to a motley crew of locals including a lazy woman (Swoozie Kurtz) who never budges from bed, and the country-and-western singing Louis Fyne (John Goodman), who is desperately unlucky in love.
Why See This Film
We couldn’t dream of a better creative duo than cinematographer Ed Lachman (The Virgin Suicides, Carol, among countless others) and director/star David Byrne to deliver a gorgeously crafted, loving ode to the extraordinary ordinariness of small-town America and its criss-crossing freeways, strip malls and endless sweeping plains. Shot in hyperreal, vivid tableaus that match perfectly with Byrne’s unique take on American exurbia, True Stories is like an Ed Ruscha painting sprung joyfully to life.
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