TRUE STORIES 12

film extras 1986 OUT NOW BD EXTRAS Documentary, Featurettes, Soundtrack, Deleted scenes, Essay

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oo easily dismissed as a carnival of quirks, art-pop hero David Byrne’s collage of ’80s Americana re-emerges as a warm, wily comic curio in Criterion’s plush reissue. Inspired by tabloids, Byrne sets portraits of leisure-class oddballs (including John Goodman’s croonin’ cowboy) to slanted snapshots of small-town Texas, arguably pre-empting Twin Peaks and American Beauty. Adjust to the left-of-weird wavelength and prescient insights abound: plus, the Talking Heads songs are a buoyant constant. Extras include a new doc. Kevin Harley