True Stories

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Actor: Amy Buffington, Evelyn Box, Freeman Beatty, Jo Harvey Allen, Kevin Box
Brand: BYRNE,DAVID
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: Pan & Scan, 1.33:1
Running Time: 89 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-03-30
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video

DVD Reviews of True Stories

DVD Review: Good movie
Summary: 5 Stars

Reviews before this one goes into detail about the film, so I will just say that it was very enjoyable to watch. Think of it as a mix of 'Napoleon Dynamite' and a musical that was filmed in the 80s. A very odd but funny movie.

DVD Review: Widescreen version now, please
Summary: 5 Stars

Brilliant and only gets better with time.

A widescreen release is imperative if we are to remain viable as a species.

DVD Review: Utter Nonsense, And I Love It.
Summary: 4 Stars

The fasion show scene alone is worth the price of the disc. "Puzzling Evidence" should be a political anthem.

DVD Review: Good Music, Good Movie
Summary: 4 Stars

First of all, this is NOT a concert flick. Set in the 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial celebration in a small Texas town, True Stories is a very funny character study of several eccentrics. David Byrne is the narrator and a character as well. The understated yet over-the-top humor reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite without as much gross-out content. This is my second copy of this movie: I bought it and showed it to my teenaged kids who liked it enough they borrowed it and never brought it back...

DVD Review: 3 stars out of 4
Summary: 3 Stars

The Bottom Line:

A thoroughly wacky and off-the-wall movie, True Stories often seems like an excursion into the mind of offbeat Talking Heads lead singer David Byrne; the movie features a couple good musical sequences but is overall not a terribly cohesive film.

Description of True Stories

Musically comic look at \true life" in a Texas town"

Truly quirky, this mock documentary is part musical, part farce, and completely, oddly innocent. This is a one-man-band job for David Byrne (lead singer of the Talking Heads), who writes, stars, and directs, It's ostensibly about the sesquicentennial celebration of a small Texas town, but it's really about strange characters and strange attitudes. Byrne is our guide, driving us around and giving tour information about Texas in an innocuous patter, frequently running into Louis Fyne (John Goodman), a lonely man looking for love. At various times, and with little provocation, the film swoons into a Talking Heads number with preachers and bar patrons belting out tunes. If you make room for it, however, True Stories can surprise and delight with its inventiveness and its unconventional treatment of the residents. A scene in which a construction worker launches into an aria, on a makeshift stage when no one else is around, is but one example of numerous such moments in this bizarre, delightful, and benign film. Any Talking Heads fan who doesn't own it should. --Keith Simanton

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