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True Stories

November 26, 2024 @ 6:00 pm

Presented as part of CCA’s long-running monthly series on music and film, Amplified.

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Music icon David Byrne was inspired by tabloid headlines to make his sole foray into feature-film directing, an ode to the extraordinariness of ordinary American life and a distillation of what was in his own idiosyncratic mind. The Talking Heads front man plays a visitor to Virgil, Texas, who introduces us to the citizens of the town during preparations for its Celebration of Specialness. As shot by cinematographer Ed Lachman, Texas becomes a hyperrealistic late-capitalist landscape of endless vistas, shopping malls, and prefab metal buildings. In True StoriesByrne uses his songs to stitch together pop iconography, voodoo rituals, and a singular variety show—all in the service of uncovering the rich mysteries that lurk under the surface of everyday experience.

Total runtime: 90 mins

$15
1050 Old Pecos Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87505 United States
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