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The Rewatch: Stop Making Sense (1984)

Sonic ecstasy and harmonic brilliance: the revival of a legendary concert film

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Gabriel Frieberg
Sep 29, 2023
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What's it about? Considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time, Stop Making Sense was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and fea…

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