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David Byrne of Talking Heads fame visits a typical (and fictional) Texas town, on the eve of the town's celebration of the state's sesquicentennial. He meets various colorful local characters, most notably Lewis Fyne, a big-hearted bachelor in search of matrimony. Written by
Tim Horrigan <horrigan@aol.com>
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A Completely Cool, Multi-Purpose Movie.
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Trivia
In between takes of the talent show sequence in which Louis sings "People Like Us", a crew member was delighting others with his adaptation, "Teamsters Like Us".
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Goofs
As the narrator is walking through the mall, we see Waldenbooks more than once.
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Quotes
Kay Culver:
Shopping is a feeling.
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Crazy Credits
2. Displayed at very end of credits, below the disclaimer: "IF YOU CAN THINK OF IT, IT EXISTS SOMEWHERE"
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Miami Vice (1984)
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Soundtracks
"Radio Head"
Written by
David Byrne
Produced and Performed by
Tito Larriva and
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Some movies that you saw as a child and thought were great end up seeming rather trite or contrived when viewed as an adult; likewise, some movies that seem just downright dumb as a child may turn out to be the masterpieces of your adulthood. The same goes for time periods. Sometimes a movie is made that is not appreciated until the sophistication of future generations catches up. David Byrne's "True Stories" is prime example of this phenomenon. In the last couple of years alone, movies like "The Royal Tenenbaums," "Magnolia," and "Amelie" have scored big points with moviegoers for being offbeat, arrythmic, and irreverently blurring lines between Realism and Surrealism--these traits are the essence of postmodern art. Although occurring a decade and a half before any of these movies, "True Stories" utilizes all of the same techniques to express a postmodern vision not appreciated by cinemagoers in its time. David Byrne's unflaggingly straight face, John Goodman's wholehearted attempts at a serenade, and the bizarre amalgamation of music video and cinema, rural Texas and the technology-obsessed eighties, true stories and downright lies. For those of you who may have seen this movie back in 1986 and thought, "What the heck did I just waste three bucks on?"--now is probably the perfect time to watch it with eyes accustomed to the quirky and postmodern.