SummaryA small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
Directed By:David Byrne
Written By:Stephen Tobolowsky, Beth Henley, David Byrne
True Stories
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Generally Favorable
67
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
70% Positive
7 Reviews
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20% Mixed
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True Stories is David Byrne's funny, worried, loving celebration of a disoriented America. [27 Oct 1986, p.103]
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Joyous, daft and hauntingly original, True Stories is Byrne's magical mystery tour of Texas: an introduction to the imaginary town of Virgil and its faintly surreal folks.
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It doesn't ask much of anything except that you come along for the ride. Riding with Byrne is pretty much a hoot. [09 Nov 1986, p.K1]
70
True Stories may well appeal more to those who don't know much about Mr. Byrne's music career than those who do. The soundtrack songs have the catchy simplicity of Talking Heads' most recent and least demanding compositions. And the film's imagery, expertly captured in bold, bright colors by Ed Lachman, will be even more striking to those who find it novel.
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Byrne is a major musical artist, as he was shown to be in his rock concert film Stop Making Sense, but as a filmmaker he has barely stretched his muscles. [31 Oct 1986, p.A]
50
True Stories is a great-looking and, with Byrne's score, great-sounding film, but it's marked by a flaw of sensibility, a too-great division between the one who is looking and the ones who are being seen. [31 Oct 1986, p.A]
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True Stories is united not by narrative, but by Byrne's sensibility, and this is where it descends from being a boring piece of whimsy into something reprehensible.
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Production Company:
- Gary Kurfirst Pictures
- Pressman Film
- True Stories Venture
- Warner Bros.
Release Date:Oct 10, 1986
Duration:1 h 29 m
Rating:PG
Tagline:"It's a completely cool, multi-purpose movie."
Awards
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations
MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
