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| True Stories It's ostensibly about the sesquicentennial celebration of a small Texas town, but it's really about strange characters and strange attitudes. Amazon.com |
| True Stories This movie does what some painters try to do: It recasts ordinary images into strange new shapes. There is hardly a moment in "True Stories" that doesn't seem everyday to anyone who has grown up in Middle America, and not a moment that doesn't seem haunted with secrets, evasions, loneliness, depravity or hidden joy — sometimes all at once. This is almost like a science-fiction movie: Everyone on screen looks so normal and behaves so oddly, they could be pod people. Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, 10.31.86 |
| David Byrne in 'True Stories' Luckily, a lot of the small-town American artifacts David Byrne uses in ''True Stories'' already existed, so Mr. Byrne didn't have to invent them. But he easily could have, so perfectly do they follow from the sensibility he has displayed as the singer, songwriter and visionary behind Talking Heads. The New York Times 10.04.86 |
| True Stories The small American town of Virgil, in the state of Texas, is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a parade and a concert. Here we dip into the lives of some of the townsfolk as they prepare for the event. The Spinning Image |
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