Staff Pick: Stop Making Sense

Floor staff supervisor Greg Vellante is here with our latest Coolidge Staff Pick, highlighting Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense.

"Every time we've shown it there's been people moving in their seats, bobbing up and down, and there's even been people dancing in the aisles" Vellante says. "While it's not quite the same, you can bring this experience into your living room and have a little dance party with yourself, with your significant other, with your family."

Watch the intro below, and then sit down to watch the film, which is streaming on The Criterion Channel and Amazon Prime, and available to rent on most platforms.

You can also watch some of our videos with director Jonathan Demme, who was our seventh Coolidge Award honoree. In the video below, he discusses Stop Making Sense.

About Coolidge Staff Picks

While our building may be closed, we're still here to provide the personalized, curated programming you love. We'll be posting Coolidge Staff Picks that you can rent or stream from home, with short video introductions from staff members! For many of them, we'll also be posting clips from past Q&As, discussions, Science on Screen lectures, and more.

This Week

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