Knowing Byrne's penchant for weirdness laced with genius and having recently reconsidered my opinion of this iconic 80's group (thanks to Trey A. and the boys - thanks for opening my eyes fellas), I decided to check this out. At first I was heartened as Byrne's intro promised a Waiting for Guffman - like experience. Now let me pause and say that the mockumentary - especially when penned by Christopher Guest - may be my favorite new genre. But True Stories did not live up. It just meanders and finally peters out. I don't need a grand coincidental climax, or even deep characters - I currently find myself fascinated with 50's giant monster films. But I need something more than this windsock of a film offered - some subtle shade of meaning. This just sort of died three-quarters of the way through. As well, the lack of funky, full-on Heads music was disappointing - sure you have Wild Wild Life, and the song the preacher raps to is nice - but I hoped for more. See it if you haven't - it keeps you awake - but in my opinion, this film needed to be thought through just a tiny bit more before going to production.
Review of True Stories
