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By Kyleigh 2022-10-06 13:56:50

"Film Review" Interview: David Byrne [Translation]

Author: Margaret Barton-Fumo (Film Comment)

Translator: csh

The translation was first published in "Iris"

"I think it looks real, and it also has a new romantic style," David Byrne told a reporter from Film Review when "Believe It or Not" was released in 1986. In this film, the director depicts the beautiful scenery of Virgil, a small town in Texas, and all of this has now been included in the CC Standard Collection, including a complete soundtrack from Nonesuch. This...

By Guido 2023-09-12 13:07:34

Scenery of small Texas town accompanied by country music. There is still...

By Chesley 2023-08-15 12:05:45

Genius artist! It can be seen from the stop making sense. Although his job is not a director, this film has also been made into a music MV-style film, but from various art forms: fashion, jazz, auction performances, ancient advertising films , all showing the tolerance and genius-like creativity of Byrne, an art student, for different arts! Other highlights: the observation of the town and the obvious mapping on the dining table, the composition, the choreography of the narration, the byrne in...

By Amelie 2023-08-04 15:20:58

A glimpse of light, between Godard and...

By Amiya 2023-06-10 07:14:50

There are some highlights in the style, but the overall is...

By Fanny 2023-06-02 04:43:52

The Texas town style painting, the jumping color scheme depicts an "unreal" Texas, in sharp contrast with the lifeless box buildings, large shopping malls, and factories on the vast land. It bluntly exposes the reality of modern people being swallowed by consumerism. Can you find true love by calling the hotline while lying down and watching TV? The form of the narration pseudo-documentary and the carnival celebration are reminiscent of Fellini's Amakod, and David Byrne is a storyteller who...