David Byrne Movies

  • 2011
    Ride, Rise, Roar

    Ride, Rise, Roar

    Ride, Rise, Roar

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    David Byrne is a visual artist as well as a musician, and ever since his early days as a member of Talking Heads, he's wanted his concerts to be more...

    Ride, Rise, Roar
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2025
    Monk in Pieces

    Monk in Pieces

    Monk in Pieces

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    Visionary composer and performer Meredith Monk overcame hostile critics to become one of the great artists of her time. In her seventh decade of...

    Monk in Pieces
  • 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
  • 2012
    La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles

    La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles

    La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles

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    A compelling story about Grammy-winning Venezuelan funksters Los Amigos Invisibles, from their early days playing in Caracas, Venezuela, to being...

    La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles
  • 2016
    Temporary Color

    Temporary Color

    Temporary Color

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    A true crime concert doc about David Byrne and two escaped convicts.

    Temporary Color
  • 2015
    We're Gonna Die

    We're Gonna Die

    We're Gonna Die

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    With her band - Future Wife - and David Byrne, playwright Young Jean Lee takes the stage in a life-affirming show that anyone could perform, about...

    We're Gonna Die
  • 2001
    25 Years of Punk

    25 Years of Punk

    25 Years of Punk

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    Lou Reed narrates this Television special that takes a look back at the beginnings of the punk rock movements in New York & England, the underground...

    25 Years of Punk
  • 2000
    The Art of Amália

    The Art of Amália

    The Art of Amália

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    Documentary about the life of Portuguese Fado singer Amalia Rodrigues (1920-1999) with an interview and collection of footage from performances...

    The Art of Amália
  • 2009
    Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut

    Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut

    Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut

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    The enlightened and extra-terrestrial Brazilian genius-multi-instrumentalist flies to Asturias in 2008 to give a music workshop. His journey takes us...

    Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut
  • 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
  • 1986
    The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

    The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

    The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

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    Two Moon July was a multidisciplinary event that featured experimental video, film, visual art, performance and music in a theatrical framework. More...

    The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
  • 1980
    Talking Heads - Live in Rome

    Talking Heads - Live in Rome

    Talking Heads - Live in Rome

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    On December 18, 1980, the American rock band Talking Heads, with guest guitarist Adrian Belew, delivered a fantastic performance at Palaeur Arena in...

    Talking Heads - Live in Rome
  • 2007
    David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas

    David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas

    David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas

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    This show, captured on November 28, 2001, was hailed by critics as Byrne's best work in years, and his performance on the Austin City Limits stage...

    David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas
  • 1986
    Report From L.A.

    Report From L.A.

    Report From L.A.

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    The television production Two Moon July was a multidisciplinary event that featured experimental video, film, visual art, performance and music in a...

    Report From L.A.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2018
    The Making of True Stories

    The Making of True Stories

    The Making of True Stories

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    The making of a film about a bunch of people in Virgil, Texas.

    The Making of True Stories