Stop Making Sense vs. The Last Waltz | Movie Death Match - Filmspotting

Stop Making Sense vs. The Last Waltz | Movie Death Match

Chris Klimek convenes a battle of the bands between two of the most acclaimed concert films ever made: Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense and Martin Scorsese's The Last Waltz.

One is a lean, propulsive document of Talking Heads at the height of their powers, transforming a live performance into something theatrical and strangely transcendent. The other is a star-studded farewell to The Band that expands beyond a single concert into a sweeping elegy for an era of rock and roll itself.

Arguing for The Last Waltz is Steven Hyden (Is This It: The Never-Ending Rise and Fall of The Strokes and Rock and Roll), who contends that Scorsese's film is more than a concert movie: it's the definitive cinematic statement on rock music and its mythology. Representing Stop Making Sense is Elizabeth Cantwell (Bright Wall/Dark Room), who makes the case that Demme's film remains the more immersive, inventive, and enduring work of cinema.

Is the greatest concert film about a band, or about rock and roll itself? Which movie best captures the power of live music on screen? Choose your winner at moviedeathmatch.com.

CHAPTERS

Intro / Meet the Advocates (00:00:00-00:00:00)

Rd. 1 The Movies in Their Time (00:00:00-00:00:00)

Rd. 2 The Movies in Our Time (00:00:00-00:00:00)

Rd. 3 The Movies for All Time (00:00:00-00:00:00)

The Verdict / Credits (00:00:00-00:00:00)

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