At one point, Byrne mentioned a funny anecdote of writers and journalists asking him if his show had a playback track -because it would be reasonable to assume that since the band is so incredible and precise, it probably can't be done live.
Like the idea of Dada art, the music and performance hold meaning beyond words and it tries to make sense of an often senseless world -a moment on max display in the Talking Heads classic, I Zimbra along with its introduction and performance in the movie.
Eventually, the whole band essentially becomes a marching band and it all adds up to one of the sweetest and most uplifting encores. The show starts off simple and slowly adds more and more voices while showing off some simple and easy-to-follow dance choreography performed by Byrne, and dancer/vocalists Chris Giarmo and Tendayi Kuumba. It's a giant party and everyone's invited. It's to have people look at other people and the performers are equally as receptive to the audience as the audience to them. The stage and art direction is minimal and bare and it's only Byne, the band, and their instruments on stage dressed in grey suits and (mostly) barefoot. David Byrne, his band, Spike Lee, and his team has somehow put together a concert film that rivals even that.
American utopia review movie#
David Byrne’s American Utopia is one of the most powerful expressions of joy and hope ever captured on film since 1984's Stop Making Sense, a movie that a lot of people consider to be one of, if not, the best concert film ever made.
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