Stop Making Sense (1984)
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Wikidata Q2351784, film, IMDb tt0088178, TMDB 24128: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title.
What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
In the store as #673, Stop Making Sense (1984).
Who talked about it
Blank Check with Griffin & David
- Unattributed: 2 lines, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
Blank Check — Patreon
- Unattributed: 1 line, the speaker unknown or under 0.5 sure.
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Bernie Worrell: 1 line lineage ×1
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lineage (band lineage):
Bernie Worrell → Stop Making Sense.
Worrell, in Ricki's band, was from Parliament-Funkadelic and sometimes a Talking Heads member in Stop Making Sense.
“Yeah, you do. We found him out of Parnell and Funkadell, like sometimes a member of Talking Heads and stop making sense.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:25:22 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
Jeff Cronenweth: 1 line unmapped ×1
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unmapped (first credit):
Jeff Cronenweth → Stop Making Sense.
Jeff's first credit was assistant camera on Stop Making Sense.
“His 1st credit ever stopped making sense.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 1:06:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Ricki and the Flash: 1 line unmapped ×1
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unmapped (why Demme fit):
Ricki and the Flash → Stop Making Sense.
Demme was a sensible hire on paper because he made Stop Making Sense and Rachel Getting Married, plus a prior relationship with Streep.
“If you go, like, you're getting the guy who did stop making sense and Rachel getting married.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:20:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber, first at 0:20:37, 1 time
- passing in Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3, first at 1:06:51, 1 time
What was said about it, by kind
lineage (1)
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lineage (band lineage):
Bernie Worrell → Stop Making Sense.
Worrell, in Ricki's band, was from Parliament-Funkadelic and sometimes a Talking Heads member in Stop Making Sense.
“Yeah, you do. We found him out of Parnell and Funkadell, like sometimes a member of Talking Heads and stop making sense.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:25:22 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)
unmapped (2)
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unmapped (why Demme fit):
Ricki and the Flash → Stop Making Sense.
Demme was a sensible hire on paper because he made Stop Making Sense and Rachel Getting Married, plus a prior relationship with Streep.
“If you go, like, you're getting the guy who did stop making sense and Rachel getting married.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber · 0:20:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them) -
unmapped (first credit):
Jeff Cronenweth → Stop Making Sense.
Jeff's first credit was assistant camera on Stop Making Sense.
“His 1st credit ever stopped making sense.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Alien 3 · 1:06:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Jonathan Demme: director (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber)
- Bernie Worrell: Parliament-Funkadelic, sometimes a member of Talking Heads in Stop Making Sense (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Ricki and the Flash with Bobby Finger & Lindsey Weber)
- Jeff Cronenweth: assistant camera (first credit) (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien 3)