here<\/a>). What\u2019s interesting is that this concert has all of the energy of last night\u2019s performance, but rather than back up the music with nearly overwhelming visuals, David Byrne and Beverly Emmons, who are both credited for the lighting design, created a show in which the lighting of the first 1\/3 of the concert appears to be accidental, and the rest is still so stripped down that it seems like something must be wrong, especially when compared to today\u2019s visual smorgasbord of color, video and light on contemporary tours.\u00a0 I\u2019m not knocking big tours at all, I love them, but the contrast between the two shows, and the fact that they\u2019re each successful, is astonishing.<\/p>\nIn the film, we open on a slightly cluttered stage with two visible worklights hanging overhead.\u00a0 An impossibly young Byrne walks on with a boom box and a guitar, and appears to sing Psycho Killer in little more than white worklight.\u00a0 Of course, the trained eye can see that there\u2019s a lot more going on, but that\u2019s the look they\u2019ve created.\u00a0 Over the next five songs more musicians are added, and the lighting becomes somewhat more theatrical, with higher contrast and increased intensity on the performers. Yet, it\u2019s not until the fifth song (Slippery People) that a backdrop flies in and it looks like a staged performance instead of a rehearsal in a warehouse.\u00a0 20 minutes in we get our first taste of \u201crock\u201d lighting \u2013 there\u2019s finally enough haze in the air to outline some beams of light – but it still seems like there\u2019s only one cue per song!\u00a0 Although I\u2019m sure that there\u2019s color correction used, the entire concert appears to be performed in white light.\u00a0 In fact, we don\u2019t see any color until the 8th song (Making Flippy Floppy ) a full 30 minutes into the show, and that\u2019s only on the projection screens behind the band!<\/p>\n
I could go on, but I won\u2019t.\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t seen this movie, or haven\u2019t seen it in a while, watch it now.\u00a0 Between the bold, strong, yet spare lighting and Byrne\u2019s unique performance style, you won\u2019t be bored.\u00a0 Let everyone else talk about the Super Bowl while you go see one of the best concert films ever made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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