True Stories (35mm)
Schedule
Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Coolidge Corner Theatre | Brookline, MA
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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 STORIES, Byrne 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.
Co-presented in-kind by Allston Pudding!
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Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St,Brookline,MA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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