David Byrne Movies

  • 2008
    Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece

    Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece

    Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece

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    Patton Oswalt makes funny faces and David Byrne performs in an unusual place.

    Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece
  • 1986
    Dead End Kids

    Dead End Kids

    Dead End Kids

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    The 1986 film version of the theatrical production "Dead End Kids" by the NYC avant-garde theatre group The Mabou Mines.

    Dead End Kids
  • 1990
    Summer of Love

    Summer of Love

    Summer of Love

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    Produced in collaboration with MICA-TV, Summer of Love is a public service announcement produced for the American Foundation for AIDS Research....

    Summer of Love
  • 2004
    Dennis Cleveland

    Dennis Cleveland

    Dennis Cleveland

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    A 2002 live performance of Mikel Rouse's Dennis Cleveland, a multimedia opera set entirely on a television talk show in the late 20th century.

    Dennis Cleveland
  • 1986
    Real Life

    Real Life

    Real Life

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    Documentary made on the set of David Byrne's 1986 film TRUE STORIES.

    Real Life
  • 1980
    Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre

    Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre

    Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre

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    Rare concert footage of Talking Heads performing their legendary Remain in Light set at Passiac, New Jersey's Capitol Theatre on November 4, 1980.

    Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre
  • 1998
    Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th

    Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th

    Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th

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    Meet the match made in pop heaven, when the singer-songwriter and the 1960s hitmaking composer collaborated on the 1998 album Painted From Memory,...

    Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th
  • 1998
    Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th

    Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th

    Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th

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    Tori Amos performs. Her set includes "iieee," "Past the Mission," "Caught a Lite Sneeze" and "The Waitress." Hosted by David Byrne.

    Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th
  • 2007
    NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

    NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

    NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

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    New York City, 1977 - It was a time when the city had fallen into decay, with too few jobs, money, police, schools, and social services. There was a...

    NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell
  • 1993
    Between the Teeth

    Between the Teeth

    Between the Teeth

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    Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne performs with his band 10 Car Pile-Up at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, N.J., on October 31, 1992.

    Between the Teeth
  • 2006
    By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston

    By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston

    By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston

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    French filmmakers Cedric Laty and Vincent Gerard chronicle the life of lensman William Eggleston, emerging with an artful documentary as much about...

    By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston
  • 2023
    Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé

    Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé

    Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé

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    Delve into the life of Antônio José Santana Martins, known as Tom Zé. Born in Bahia, this scholar of Brazilian music heads to...

    Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé
  • 2003
    Lubbock Lights

    Lubbock Lights

    Lubbock Lights

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    From the poetic to the philosphical, the heartbreaking to the hilarious, Lubbock Lights explores the phenomenon that is West Texas music.

    Lubbock Lights
  • 1990
    Beleza Tropical

    Beleza Tropical

    Beleza Tropical

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    This half-hour documentary was screened on Channel 4 in 1989. Charlie Gillett is in conversation with David Byrne and Susan Young. Gillett explores...

    Beleza Tropical
  • 2019
    Everything For All Reasons

    Everything For All Reasons

    Everything For All Reasons

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    Fringe even in the fringe world of music of the 70's - Terry Allen is an artist in a class of his own. Everything For All Reasons introduces Terry's...

    Everything For All Reasons
  • 1981
    Mea Culpa

    Mea Culpa

    Mea Culpa

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    In his first collaboration with David Byrne and Brian Eno, Conner used footage from educational films to create a rhythmically austere image-track...

    Mea Culpa
  • 1989
    Umbabarauma

    Umbabarauma

    Umbabarauma

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    This film, set to Ponta de Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma) by Jorge Ben, was created to accompany Beleza Tropical: Brazil Classics 1, the first in a...

    Umbabarauma
  • 1981
    America Is Waiting

    America Is Waiting

    America Is Waiting

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    Stock footage edited with music to comment on American culture.

    America Is Waiting
  • 2021
    Social! Distance Dance Club

    Social! Distance Dance Club

    Social! Distance Dance Club

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    A team of creatives get together to throw the safest possible dance party in the middle of the pandemic in NYC. Starring David Byrne, Christian...

    Social! Distance Dance Club
  • 2002
    In Spite of Wishing and Wanting

    In Spite of Wishing and Wanting

    In Spite of Wishing and Wanting

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    A dynamic, contemporary dance performance about how it is impossible to explain your deepest wishes or desires... how these can only be expressed in...

    In Spite of Wishing and Wanting