David Byrne

biography:
David Byrne (/bɜːrn/; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member, principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of the American new wave band Talking Heads.

Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with various media, including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has received an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, a Special Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award, and he is an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Talking Heads.

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The Simpsons

overview: Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

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Austin City Limits

overview: Now the longest-running music series in American television history, ACL showcases popular music legends and innovators from every genre.

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original_name: Austin City Limits

name: BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America

overview: Soda Stereo, Café Tacvba, Aterciopelados and others figure in this 50-year history of Latin American rock through dictatorships, disasters and dissent.

original_name: Rompan todo: La historia del rock en América Latina

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Space Ghost Coast to Coast

overview: A cartoon superhero interacts with live guests via his television set in this parody talk show based on 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost.

original_name: Space Ghost Coast to Coast

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

overview: Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater.

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StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

overview: Host Neil deGrasse Tyson brings together celebrities, scientists and comedians to explore a variety of cosmic topics and collide pop culture with science in a way that late-night television has never seen before. Weekly topics range from popular science fiction, space travel, extraterrestrial life, the Big Bang, to the future of Earth and the environment. Tyson is an astrophysicist with a gifted ability to connect with everyone, inspiring us all to to "keep looking up."

original_name: StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

overview: After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.

original_name: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

overview: Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live's" longest serving anchor on the show's wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC's "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".

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Sessions at West 54th

overview: Sessions at West 54th was an American television program that featured music performances, and was in some ways a pop music variation on the theme set by the long-lived Austin City Limits, though the featured musicians represented a number of musical genres. It was called Sessions at West 54th because it was taped at Sony Music Studios on West 54th Street in Manhattan. It was produced for public television syndicator American Program Service and was carried on many public television stations. It first aired in most places on July 5, 1997, when it was included in the Saturday late-night lineup of stations covering 85% of the country. After the program ended, an edited for commercial television version also aired on the commercial Trio cable television network.

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original_name: Sessions at West 54th

Stars in the House

overview: In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley have created Stars in the House, a daily live streamed series to support The Actors Fund and its services.

character: Self - Winner

original_name: Stars in the House

Saturday Night Live

overview: A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

original_name: Saturday Night Live

Real Time with Bill Maher

overview: Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.

original_name: Real Time with Bill Maher

The Oscars

overview: An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

overview: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

original_name: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Max Headroom Show

overview: The Max Headroom Show started life in the UK in 1985. The show featured actor Matt Frewer playing the role as computer-generated talk-show host Max Headroom.

original_name: The Max Headroom Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

overview: Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.

original_name: Jimmy Kimmel Live!

60 Minutes

overview: America's popular television News magazine in which an ever changing team of CBS News correspondents contribute segments ranging from hard news coverage to politics to lifestyle and pop culture.

original_name: 60 Minutes

The Jonathan Ross Show

overview: The Jonathan Ross Show is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2011 and currently airs on Saturday evenings following the conclusion of Ross' BBC One chat show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, in July 2010.

original_name: The Jonathan Ross Show

Late Show with David Letterman

overview: David Letterman uses mature humor to appeal to his audience in this weeknight series, which gets its music from a house band led by Paul Shaffer. Among the show's most-famous segments are the Top Ten List and Stupid Pet Tricks, the latter of which subsequently led to an additional recurring segment called Stupid Human Tricks.

original_name: Late Show with David Letterman

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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name: Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton

overview: Animator Bill Plympton first received widespread public attention when his outré "Your Face" (1987) was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short. This collection of short films—some as brief as 15 seconds—made between 1985 and 1991, showcase his unique talent much more effectively than his ponderous feature films. But in off-the-wall shorts like "Your Face", "25 Ways to Quit Smoking", and the 15-second shorts made for MTV, he emerges as an entertaining and highly original filmmaker.

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original_name: Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton

Alive from Off Center

job: Theme Song Performance

overview: An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.

original_name: Alive from Off Center

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大卫·伯恩

biography: 大卫·伯恩（David Byrne，1952 年 5 月 14 日出生）是一位苏格兰裔美国音乐家，与他作为 Talking Heads 的创始成员和主要词曲作者的角色最相关，该乐队活跃于 1975 年至 1991 年间。从那时起，伯恩发行了自己的个人唱片，并与各种媒体合作，包括电影、摄影、歌剧和非小说类作品。他获得了格莱美奖、奥斯卡奖、托尼奖和金球奖，并入选摇滚名人堂。

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Deutsch

biography: David Byrne (* 14. Mai 1952 in Dumbarton, Schottland) ist ein britisch-US-amerikanischer Musiker (Gesang und Gitarre) schottischer Herkunft. 1975 war er Mitbegründer der Talking Heads und wurde als deren Frontmann bekannt. Byrne ist Tony-, Grammy- und Oscarpreisträger.

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大衞·伯恩

biography: 大衞·伯恩（David Byrne，1952 年 5 月 14 日出生）是一位蘇格蘭裔美國音樂家，與他作為 Talking Heads 的創始成員和主要詞曲作者的角色最相關，該樂隊活躍於 1975 年至 1991 年間。從那時起，伯恩發行了自己的個人唱片，並與各種媒體合作，包括電影、攝影、歌劇和非小説類作品。他獲得了格萊美獎、奧斯卡獎、託尼獎和金球獎，併入選搖滾名人堂。

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title: Social! Distance Dance Club

overview: A team of creatives get together to throw the safest possible dance party in the middle of the pandemic in NYC. Starring David Byrne, Christian Jones, asmine Lee, Kevin Adams, Mara Isaacs, and Steven Hoggett. Commissioned by the Park Avenue Armory.

original_title: Social! Distance Dance Club

title: Stop Making Sense

overview: A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.

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original_title: Stop Making Sense

title: True Stories

overview: A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.

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original_title: True Stories

title: Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert

overview: Adrian Belew augments the band on this 50-minute performance from the Westfalenhalle, in Dortmund, Germany, on December 20th, 1980, for the Rockpop TV show.  Set List:  Psycho Killer  Cities  I Zimbra  Once In A Lifetime  Animals  Crosseyed And Painless  Life During Wartime  The Great Curve

original_title: Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert

title: Heavy Petting

overview: Celebrities and creatives -- including musician David Byrne, performance artist Spalding Gray, comedian Sandra Bernhard, radical activist Abbie Hoffman, and poet Allen Ginsberg-- recall their earliest sexual experiences.

original_title: Heavy Petting

title: Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th

overview: Meet the match made in pop heaven, when the singer-songwriter and the 1960s hitmaking composer collaborated on the 1998 album Painted From Memory, featuring the GRAMMY Award-winning song “I Still Have That Other Girl.” Their magical sessions were captured in this special episode of Sessions at West 54th, hosted by David Byrne.

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original_title: Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach: Sessions at West 54th

title: Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day

overview: Fatherhood has proved a great subject for a variety of artists - some celebratory, some conflicted, but all inspired by what dad does and doesn't do. Here's a mixture of songs that celebrate and probe the emotional complexities generated by the sometime head of the household. Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Cat Stevens, Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, Madonna, Peter Gabriel, Mike and the Mechanics, Suggs and the Blockheads, Neil Young, James Brown, Pigbag and even Ozzy Osbourne and his daughter Kelly put in an appearance, making a cracking compilation for Father's Day.

original_title: Fathers and Songs: Music for Father's Day

title: Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s

overview: A look at "rock and roll" and other pop music based film of the 1970s.

title: Paul Simon: Under African Skies

overview: Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the incredible journey of his historic Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for allegedly breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime.  On the 25th anniversary of Paul Simon's GRACELAND, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger offers a glimpse at the controversy surrounding the decision to record the album in South Africa despite a UN boycott of the nation, which was aimed at ending apartheid. In the run-up to an eagerly anticipated reunion concert, Simon, Quincy Jones, Peter Gabriel, David Byrne, Harry Belafonte, Paul McCartney and others reflect on the decision to record with local artists in South Africa, and the cultural impact of the album that delivered such hits as "I Know What I Know" and "You Can Call Me Al."

title: Dead End Kids

overview: The 1986 film version of the theatrical production "Dead End Kids" by the NYC avant-garde theatre group The Mabou Mines.

title: Twyla Moves

overview: Interwoven with her storied career and prolific works, Twyla Moves sees legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp navigate her latest creative challenge: making a dance for a world plagued by the Covid-19 pandemic.

title: This Must Be the Place

overview: A bored, retired rock star living in Ireland sets out to find his dead father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.

title: The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

title: Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart

overview: An incredible retracing of the evolution of Reed's remarkable career over three decades. Filled with interviews with Reed, his friends and some of the major artists influenced by Reed including David Bowie, David Byrne, Patti Smith, Suzanne Vega, Dave Stewart, Philip Glass and more. Production Notes, Biographies, Discography, Scene Access, Screen Test, Rare Velvet Footage

title: Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival

overview: Talking Heads perform at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on July 9, 1982. Originally broadcast on Swiss TV and radio.

original_title: Talking Heads: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival

title: Lulu on the Bridge

overview: A famous jazz saxophonist's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.

title: Between the Teeth

overview: Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne performs with his band 10 Car Pile-Up at the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank, N.J., on October 31, 1992.

title: Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

overview: A compilation of ten music videos produced by Talking Heads during the 1980s. The videos are linked by apparently real people (not actors) telling stories from their lives.

title: The Making of True Stories

overview: The making of a film about a bunch of people in Virgil, Texas.

title: The Man Who Bottled Clouds

overview: A host of personalities reminisce about the life and work of songwriter, lawyer, and congressman Humberto Teixeira — aka "Baião Doctor" — the author of such classic Brazilian popular songs as "Asa Branca". A musical film about the baião, a movement in Brazilian music in the 1940s and 1950s that was later snowed under by samba and bossa nova.

title: Ride, Rise, Roar

overview: David Byrne is a visual artist as well as a musician, and ever since his early days as a member of Talking Heads, he's wanted his concerts to be more than just a static performance. In 1984, Byrne and filmmaker Jonathan Demme redefined the boundaries of the concert film with the Talking Heads documentary STOP MAKING SENSE, and more than 25 years later Byrne has teamed up with David Hillman to create RIDE, RISE, ROAR, which documents Byrne's 2008-2009 concert tour, in which he performs new material written in collaboration with Brian Eno as well as favorites from his solo career as well as his tenure in Talking Heads. Using costumes and inventive choreography, Byrne and his musicians and dancers give his music a stage presentation as exciting as the music.

title: Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime

overview: In 1984, David Byrne put together a TV special on the Talking Heads for U.K. TV’s Channel 4, a 68-minute mix of live material filmed at Wembley Arena, interviews with the band, TV news clips, commercials and other various bits of found footage and sound.

original_title: Talking Heads: The Name of this Programme is Once In A Lifetime

title: Fabricating Tom Zé

overview: The life and work of one of the most controversial Brazilian musicians, having as its backdrop Tom Zé's 2005 European Tour. The documentary shows a detailed vision of Tom Zé's personal musical universe, in which a guitar and a vacuum cleaner have the same melodic importance. In intimate interviews, he narrates different parts of his life and tells us about his musical debut in the early 60s, his downfall during the 70s, and his 90s comeback.

title: Beyond Ipanema

overview: This documentary from filmmaker Guto Barra takes you beyond the 1960s bossa nova hit "The Girl from Ipanema" to explore how samba, Brazilectro and other Brazilian music styles have long captivated audiences and influenced musicians around the world. Mixing archival footage, fresh performances and interviews with leaders in the global music scene, Barra examines why Brazil's music consistently transcends boundaries of time and musical taste.

title: Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged

overview: Second MTV Unplugged album of Café Tacvba.

original_title: Café Tacvba - Un Segundo / MTV Unplugged

title: Celia: The Queen

title: Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th

overview: Tori Amos performs. Her set includes "iieee," "Past the Mission," "Caught a Lite Sneeze" and "The Waitress." Hosted by David Byrne.

title: The Pogues Live at the Town and Country

overview: The Pogues playing on St. Patrick's Day in London's Town and Country serves to remind fans why we loved the band and possibly why their breakup was inevitable.  A thoroughly sloshed Shane MacGowan mumbles and screams his way through most of their hits to that point in time. Of course, real fans like the mumbling and the screaming.  Lots of energy, great guests - The Specials, the late Kirstie MacColl and especially the late great Joe Strummer - who not only gets up on stage for a stirring rendition of London Calling, but serves as a kind of host for the evening as he discusses what made the Pogues so great.  The video times in at a paltry 60 minutes which leaves you begging for more, but between the singalong Wild Rover and the silly string silliness of Fiesta, it is a jam-packed entertaining piece of music history.

title: Talking Heads - Chronology

overview: Chronology pulls together live performances from across Talking Heads' career. It starts with their earliest days at CBGB and The Kitchen in New York City in the mid-seventies, through their breakthrough years in the late seventies and on to global success in the eighties. They completed their last tour in 1983 although they would continue to make very successful albums throughout the eighties before officially breaking up in 1991. The DVD concludes with their "reunion" performance of "Life During Wartime" on their induction into the Rock `n' Roll Hall Of Fame in 2002.

title: Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

overview: Director Spike Lee chronicles Michael Jackson's early rise to fame.

original_title: Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall

title: Lennon or McCartney

overview: 550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told to answer with one word only. Some stuck to one, some said more, some answered quickly, some thought it through, and some didn't answer at all. That question… Lennon or McCartney?

title: David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas

overview: This show, captured on November 28, 2001, was hailed by critics as Byrne's best work in years, and his performance on the Austin City Limits stage shows why. Joined by Austin's own eclectic tango ensemble Tosca, Byrne takes us down many different musical roads in his ACL debut. Recorded live and mixed in 5.1 surround sound, this DVD captures all the hits and more, and includes songs that were never aired on the original TV broadcast.  This live release features former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne originally aired on the PBS Austin City Limits show,

title: Contemporary Color

overview: In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the art of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and sabers. Recruiting performers that include the likes of St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Ad-Rock, and Ira Glass to collaborate on original pieces with 10 color guard teams from across the US and Canada, Contemporary Color is a beautifully filmed snapshot of a one-of-a-kind live event.

title: The Blank Generation

overview: The cream of the New York new wave/punk crop, filmed live at CBGB when the scene was just beginning. Includes performances by Patti Smith, Blondie, Television, the Ramones, Talking Heads, the Heartbreakers, the Shirts, Wayne County, the Marbles, the Dolls, Miamis, Harry Toledo, and the Tuff Darts (w/Robert Gordon).

title: Talking Heads: Live in Rome

overview: On December 18, 1980, the American rock band Talking Heads, with guest guitarist Adrian Belew, delivered a fantastic performance at Palaeur Arena in Rome that was filmed for broadcast on Italian TV. Taking place just two months after the release of Remain In Light, that night’s set was heavy on material from that album such as Born Under Punches, Crosseyed and Painless and The Great Curve.

title: Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre

overview: Rare concert footage of Talking Heads performing their legendary Remain in Light set at Passiac, New Jersey's Capitol Theatre on November 4, 1980.

title: TV Party

overview: From 1978 to 1982, Glenn O'Brien hosted a New York city public access cable TV show called TV Party. Co-hosted by Chris Stein, from Blondie, and directed by filmmaker Amos Poe, the hour long show took television where it had never gone before: to the edge of civility and "sub-realism" as Glenn would put it. Walter Steding and his TV Party "Orchestra" provided a musical accompaniment to the madness at hand, and many artists and musicians, from The Clash, Nile Rodgers, Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Bryne and Arto Lindsey were regular guests. It was the cocktail party that could be a political party.  With 80 hours of disintegrating 3/4 inch videotape as a starting point, we tracked down the trend setting participants still living today and found out what they remember of the period and how the show influenced their lives. This, combined with clips from the orginal show, became the documentary "TV Party.

title: Wandering Heart

overview: Wandering Heart intimately follows Caetano from São Paulo to New York and Japan, during the release of his first album recorded solely in English. It takes considerably more than a week-long series of shows at Carnegie Hall, accolades in the New York Times, or the admiration of friends like Pedro Almodóvar, David Byrne and Michelangelo Antonioni to make Caetano feel comfortable outside of Brazil.

title: 10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged

overview: MTV Unplugged is a 1993 live album by 10,000 Maniacs. The music was recorded for the MTV Unplugged series and it was also the last album by the band featuring Natalie Merchant as vocalist. In addition to the songs released on this album, four takes of "How You've Grown" were recorded, second takes of "Because the Night" and "Gold Rush Brides", a brief take of "Puff the Magic Dragon" and three other songs which featured singer David Byrne as a guest: "Let The Mystery Be" (two takes, one of which was released as a B-Side to "Few and Far Between" and on Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure and Unknown Recordings), "Jolene", and "Dallas". In 1994, it reached 13 on the Billboard 200.

title: 25 Years of Punk

overview: Lou Reed narrates this Television special that takes a look back at the beginnings of the punk rock movements in New York & England, the underground punk scenes in the 70's & 80's, and the punk resurgence in the 90's. A collaboration between VH1 and Spin magazine.

title: We're Gonna Die

overview: With her band - Future Wife - and David Byrne, playwright Young Jean Lee takes the stage in a life-affirming show that anyone could perform, about the thing everyone has in common: WE’RE GONNA DIE. You may be miserable, but you won’t be alone.

title: Museum Town

overview: A rural American town suffering economically from factory closures finds an unconventional route to recovery with the help of MASS MoCA.

title: Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

overview: An East Village performance space fought against the Bowery homeless shelter who threatened to shut them down. Some of the most iconic figures in music have performed here.

original_title: Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB

title: John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

overview: John Mulaney and his kid pals tackle existential topics for all ages with catchy songs, comedy sketches and special guests in a nostalgic variety special.

title: Lubbock Lights

overview: From the poetic to the philosphical, the heartbreaking to the hilarious, Lubbock Lights explores the phenomenon that is West Texas music.

title: Dancing Barefoot

overview: In this 1995 made-for television biopic, see legendary musician and filmmaker Ivan Kral as he made music history. With guitar and camera in the 70s, playing with Iggy Pop, Blondie and Patti Smith Group, he triumphed, rising from refugee to rock icon.

title: Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads

overview: A brief history of Talking Heads (and how they got here!)

original_title: Well How Did We Get Here? A Brief History of Talking Heads

title: Everything For All Reasons

overview: Fringe even in the fringe world of music of the 70's - Terry Allen is an artist in a class of his own. Everything For All Reasons introduces Terry's story, and is punctuated by his most beloved songs from a concert full of special guests.

title: Decade

overview: Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on the 1980s.

title: David Byrne's American Utopia

overview: A filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway show, a unifying musical celebration that inspires audiences to connect to each other and to the global community.

title: Checking Out

overview: When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an indication of his imminent death, Ray's life turns into a slapstick farce of health-crazed anxiety and hypochondria.

title: By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston

overview: French filmmakers Cedric Laty and Vincent Gerard chronicle the life of lensman William Eggleston, emerging with an artful documentary as much about the man as it is about the everyday places in the American South that he encapsulates, and transforms, in his work. Considered a pioneer of color photography, Eggleston is known for seeing the beautiful in the mundane, and the film captures the essence of his vision.

original_title: By the Ways, a Journey with William Eggleston

title: David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018

overview: SETLIST: 01. Here, 02. Lazy, 03. I Zimbra (Talking Heads song), 04. Slippery People (Talking Heads song), 05. Everybody’s Coming to My House, 06. This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads song), 07. Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song), 08. Toe Jam (Brighton Port Authority cover), 09. Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) (Talking Heads song), 10. Every Day Is a Miracle, 11. Road to Nowhere (Talking Heads song), 12. Burning Down the House (Talking Heads song), 13. Hell You Talmbout (Janelle Monáe cover)

title: Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

overview: This music special is dedicated to dispelling the prejudices associated with the HIV infection and raising money for AIDS research and relief. Some of today's most celebrated recording artists performing their interpretations of the classic songs of Cole Porter.

original_title: Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

title: The Art of Amália

overview: Documentary about the life of Portuguese Fado singer Amalia Rodrigues (1920-1999) with an interview and collection of footage from performances throughout her long career.

title: La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles

overview: A compelling story about Grammy-winning Venezuelan funksters Los Amigos Invisibles, from their early days playing in Caracas, Venezuela, to being discovered by David Byrne of Talking Heads and their rise to international stardom. The viewer experiences their story as it intertwines with a live performance filmed at the Highline Ballroom in New York City in March 2011. The band, with the same original 6 members, celebrates 20 years in 2011.

original_title: La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles

title: FeeLee. History of a Single Label

overview: If it were necessary to describe the history of independent rock music in Russia in one word, then this word would be Gorbushka. It is a password that has not needed explanation for more than 30 years. This is the Feelee music company, a celebration of the open-air free industry and a true portal to world music, ranging from Nick Cave and Coil to Sonic Youth and Rage Against the Machine. The film, based on archival footage and eyewitness accounts, tells how Feelee has come a long way, changing with the country and changing the country, and as a result has taken its special place in Russian culture.

original_title: Фили. История одного лейбла

title: Hream

overview: A documentary following musician and nurse Doug Hream Blunt on his first world tour.

title: David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel

overview: "(Nothing But) Flowers" (Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth)  "And She Was"  "Once in a Lifetime" (Byrne, Brian Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth)  "God's Child"  "The Great Intoxication"  "Un Di Felice" (Giuseppe Verdi)  "The Revolution"  "Sax and Violins" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth)  "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth)  "What a Day That Was"  "Like Humans Do"  "U.B. Jesus"  "Life During Wartime" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth)  "Lazy" (Byrne, X-Press 2)  "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" (George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam)  "Ausencia" (Goran Bregović, Teofilo Chantre)  "The Accident"  "Road to Nowhere" (Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth)

title: Temporary Color

overview: A true crime concert doc about David Byrne and two escaped convicts.

title: Triple-Chaser

overview: When US border agents fired tear gas grenades at civilians in November 2018, photographs showed that many of those grenades were manufactured by the Safariland Group, one of the world’s major manufacturers of so-called ‘less-lethal munitions’. The Safariland Group is owned by Warren B. Kanders, the vice chair of the board of trustees of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

title: NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

overview: New York City, 1977 - It was a time when the city had fallen into decay, with too few jobs, money, police, schools, and social services. There was a city wide blackout with major looting, a serial killer on the loose, and the Bronx was burning. And yet out of the chaos emerged one of the most creative times any city has ever encountered.

title: Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

overview: Wild Combination is a visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his death in 1992, Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art. Now, over fifteen years since his passing, Arthur's work is finally finding its audience. Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur's family, friends, and closest collaborators to tell this poignant and important story.

original_title: Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

title: New York Rock at the BBC

overview: Celebrating the cream of the New York rock scene, including classic performances from the Ramones, New York Dolls, Television, Blondie, Lou Reed and more.  01.New York Dolls - Jet Boy (Nov 1973) 02.Patti Smith Group - Horses (May 1976) 03.Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Jan 1978) 04.Television - Foxhole (May 1978) 05.Ramones - Don't Come Close (Sep 1978) 06.Blondie - I'm Alway Touched By Your Presence Dear (Mar 1978) 07.Lou Reed - Waiting For The Man (Dec 1984) 08.John Cale - Dying On The Vine (Dec 1985) 09.Sonic Youth - Sugar Kane (Dec 1992) 10.Patti Smith - Because The Night (Apr 2002) 11.Lou Reed - Perfect Day (May 2003) 12.John Cale - Venus In Furs (Oct 2003) 13.David Byrne - This Must Be The Place (May 2004) 14.Antony And The johnsons - Hope There's Some One (Jun 2005) 15.The Strokes - Last Nite (Jun 2006)

title: Beleza Tropical

overview: This half-hour documentary was screened on Channel 4 in 1989. Charlie Gillett is in conversation with David Byrne and Susan Young. Gillett explores Byrne's interest in the music composed during Brazil's repressive political regime spanning the 1960's -1980’s, and Byrne's aim to introduce a wider audience to this music by compiling a series of albums featuring musicians from that era. Byrne asked Young to direct the animated film Beleza Tropical (Umbabarauma) to accompany the first of these albums. Young describes her approach to the making of the film and reflects upon this subtle and fascinating genre of music. The soundtrack features various artists from the album Beleza Tropical, Brazil Classics 1.

title: Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut

overview: The enlightened and extra-terrestrial Brazilian genius-multi-instrumentalist flies to Asturias in 2008 to give a music workshop. His journey takes us on another: that of his career, the ostracism with which he would be punished, his perpetual crusade for the materialization of “the idea”, his unique inspiration and incredible sense of humour. All emitted through his words and those of the people that surround him. An authentic pioneer, a free and cosmic spirit.

title: Dennis Cleveland

overview: A 2002 live performance of Mikel Rouse's Dennis Cleveland, a multimedia opera set entirely on a television talk show in the late 20th century.

title: Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário

overview: Delve into the life of Antônio José Santana Martins, known as Tom Zé. Born in Bahia, this scholar of Brazilian music heads to São Paulo to propel a career filled with unusual and hilarious stories. The tropicalist artist revisits memories of his childhood in Irará, shares stories about his fellow tropicalismo movement colleagues, and reveals how his album "Estudando o Samba" won over David Byrne and launched him onto the global stage.

original_title: Homo Brasilis: Tom Zé, o Tropicalista Visionário

title: SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

overview: Live from Radio City Music Hall, witness the concert of a lifetime with a star-studded lineup bringing together legendary Saturday Night Live hall-of-famers, iconic guests and surprise musical performances.

title: Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

overview: Untold stories behind the culture-defining and newsmaking musical performances, sketches and cameos of the past 50 years.

original_title: Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

title: Report From L.A.

overview: The television production Two Moon July was a multidisciplinary event that featured experimental video, film, visual art, performance and music in a theatrical framework. More than thirty artists participated in the program, which was produced for the Kitchen by Carlota Schoolman and directed by Tom Bowes. This production reflects a moment when art centers were experimenting with new modes of presenting the arts for television. Talking Heads' front man David Byrne is featured in the performance piece Report from L.A.; choreographer and dancer Bill T. Jones performs Inspiration to the accompaniment of John and Evan Lurie's music. Art works by '80s art stars Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo and Jonathan Borofsky are integral to the mise en scene, while music by downtown legends Brian Eno, Philip Glass and Arto Lindsay, among others, provides a running soundtrack. (EAI)

title: Real Life

overview: Documentary made on the set of David Byrne's 1986 film TRUE STORIES.

title: Monk in Pieces

overview: Visionary composer and performer Meredith Monk overcame hostile critics to become one of the great artists of her time. In her seventh decade of creativity, she ponders how such singular work can continue without her.

title: We Want the Funk!

overview: Stanley Nelson's syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, from early roots to 1970s urban funk and beyond.

title: Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece

overview: Patton Oswalt makes funny faces and David Byrne performs in an unusual place.

title: PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th

overview: Polly Jean Harvey on the PBS show Sessions at West 54th from 1998, hosted by David Byrne. Includes musical performances and interviews.

title: The Twits

overview: When the meanest, nastiest villains pull a trick to take over their town, two brave children team up with a family of magical animals to bring them down.

title: Changing Lanes

overview: Politics and planning collide in the struggle to redesign Brooklyn's notoriously dangerous McGuinness Blvd.

title: Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth

overview: The life and the sound of Bernie Worrell, best known as a founding member of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective and a touring member of Talking Heads in the 1980s.

title: David Byrne - Live From Teatro Gran Rex

overview: A performance by David Byrne in Buenos Aires in 1998

title: Talking Heads: 77

overview: Talking Heads: 77 is the debut studio album by the American rock band Talking Heads, released on September 16, 1977, by Sire Records. The recording took place in April 1977 at New York's Sundragon Studios. The single "Psycho Killer" reached No. 92 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

title: Until the End of the World

overview: In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.

title: Eno

overview: Visionary musician and artist Brian Eno — known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music; and releasing over 40 solo and collaboration albums — reveals his creative processes in this groundbreaking generative documentary: a film that’s different every time it’s shown.

title: Young Adam

overview: A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.

title: Married to the Mob

overview: Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent looking to use her to bust Tony.

title: The Last Emperor

overview: A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

title: The Vanguard

overview: The year is 2015 and overpopulation and famine have plunged our planet into chaos and one desperate survivor finds himself being hunted and pursued by hordes of rage-crazed zombies.

title: True Stories

title: True Stories

title: Stop Making Sense

title: Something Wild

overview: A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.

title: Îlé Aiyé

overview: Ilé Aiyé explores the ways in which Candomblé has influenced the daily life and culture of the people of Brazil in music, art, religion, theater, food, dance, poetry and more. Ilé Aiyé uses experimental film techniques, music, and cultural observation to express the life and rituals of Candomblé and the symbolic manifestation of the Orishás, the deities which represent the wide range of natural and spiritual forces. The rhythms of the sacred drums and bells, a dance of spiritual ecstasy, offerings and sacrifices, divination and the visitation of the Orishás through trance are all part of the color and life of Candomblé.

title: Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

title: Between the Teeth

title: After 68

overview: The story of Frieda, a young girl growing up in strife-torn late 1960's Derry, and her attempts to have a normal adolescence despite the violence which surrounds her.

title: True Stories

title: Mea Culpa

overview: In his first collaboration with David Byrne and Brian Eno, Conner used footage from educational films to create a rhythmically austere image-track for music from their pioneering “sampling” album “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts” (1981).

title: This Must Be the Place

title: America Is Waiting

overview: Stock footage edited with music to comment on American culture.

title: Stop Making Sense

title: Contemporary Color

title: Everything Everywhere All at Once

overview: An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

title: Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

title: True Stories

title: John Mulaney: Baby J

overview: A chaotic intervention. An action-packed stay in rehab. After a weird couple of years, John Mulaney comes out swinging in his return to the stage.

title: John Mulaney: Baby J

title: The Catherine Wheel

overview: Seamlessly blending elements of movement and music, Twyla Tharp choreographs a rock 'n' roll dance spectacular, set to a score by former Talking Heads front man David Byrne. Adapted for television by Tharp from the original Broadway production, this memorable performance showcases the talents of dancers Sara Rudner, Jennifer Way, Tom Rawe, Katie Glasner, Raymond Kurshals, Shelly Washington, Christine Uchida and John Carrafa.

title: Umbabarauma

overview: This film, set to Ponta de Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma) by Jorge Ben, was created to accompany Beleza Tropical: Brazil Classics 1, the first in a series of albums compiled by David Byrne to promote the unique music published by Brazilian artists during a repressive period of military rule in the 1970’s-1980’s. The aim was to visually invoke the album’s sensual and lyrical breadth and depth, and to subtly reflect the underlying social and political issues of that time.

title: David Byrne's American Utopia

title: David Byrne's American Utopia

title: Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

overview: Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.

original_title: Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

title: David Byrne's American Utopia

title: In Spite of Wishing and Wanting

overview: A dynamic, contemporary dance performance about how it is impossible to explain your deepest wishes or desires... how these can only be expressed in dreams and sleep. In the final sequence, we see the importance of effort and hope in the dancers' attempt to escape gravity. The all-male company performs to the music of David Byrne.

title: In Spite of Wishing and Wanting

title: The Twits

title: She Hate Me

overview: Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.

title: The Truth About Charlie

overview: Regina meets charming Joshua while vacationing in Martinique, as she contemplates ending her whirlwind marriage to enigmatic Charlie. Upon her return to Paris, she finds that both her apartment and her bank account have been emptied, and her husband has been murdered. Stuck in ever-increasing danger and with four men pursuing her, another stranger offers assistance - but who can she trust?

title: Social! Distance Dance Club

title: Stop Making Sense

title: True Stories

title: Talking Heads: Rock Pop in Concert

title: Heavy Petting

title: Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s

title: Paul Simon: Under African Skies

title: Dead End Kids

title: Twyla Moves

title: This Must Be the Place

title: The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July

title: Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart

title: Lulu on the Bridge

title: Between the Teeth

title: Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

title: The Making of True Stories

title: The Man Who Bottled Clouds

title: Ride, Rise, Roar

title: Fabricating Tom Zé

title: Beyond Ipanema

title: Celia: The Queen

title: Tori Amos: Sessions at West 54th

title: The Pogues Live at the Town and Country

title: Talking Heads - Chronology

title: Lennon or McCartney

title: David Byrne - Live from Austin Texas

title: Contemporary Color

title: The Blank Generation

title: Talking Heads: Live in Rome

title: Talking Heads: Capitol Theatre

title: TV Party

title: Wandering Heart

title: 10000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged

title: 25 Years of Punk

title: We're Gonna Die

title: Museum Town

title: John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch

title: Lubbock Lights

title: Dancing Barefoot

title: Everything For All Reasons

title: Decade

title: David Byrne's American Utopia

title: Checking Out

title: David Byrne: ACL Fest 2018

title: The Art of Amália

title: FeeLee. History of a Single Label

original_title: Фили. История одного лейбла

title: Hream

title: David Byrne: Live At Union Chapel

title: Temporary Color

title: Triple-Chaser

title: NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell

title: New York Rock at the BBC

title: Beleza Tropical

title: Tom Zé: Liberated Astronaut

title: Dennis Cleveland

title: SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

title: Report From L.A.

title: Real Life

title: Monk in Pieces

title: We Want the Funk!

title: Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece

title: PJ Harvey: Sessions at West 54th

title: The Twits

title: Changing Lanes

title: Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth

title: David Byrne - Live From Teatro Gran Rex

title: Talking Heads: 77

title: Until the End of the World

title: Eno

title: Young Adam

title: Married to the Mob

title: The Last Emperor

title: The Vanguard

title: True Stories

title: True Stories

title: Stop Making Sense

title: Something Wild

title: Îlé Aiyé

title: Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

title: Between the Teeth

title: After 68

title: True Stories

title: Mea Culpa

title: This Must Be the Place

title: America Is Waiting

title: Stop Making Sense

title: Contemporary Color

title: Everything Everywhere All at Once

title: Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant

title: True Stories

title: John Mulaney: Baby J

title: John Mulaney: Baby J

title: The Catherine Wheel

title: Umbabarauma

title: David Byrne's American Utopia

title: David Byrne's American Utopia

title: David Byrne's American Utopia

title: In Spite of Wishing and Wanting

title: In Spite of Wishing and Wanting

title: The Twits

title: She Hate Me

title: The Truth About Charlie