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Nonesuch will release the soundtrack on CD and LP next month.

I was lucky enough to catch a 35mm screening of this a few years back. I had no expectations it being Byrne's first directorial effort, and while I agree that it isn't a masterpiece, I thought it was very good and had a unique tone to it. Ed Lachman of course makes this a visual treat, the Pops from Staple Singers cameo was funny, and I also remember being very surprised by the fact that John Goodman could actually sing. Wasn't this also his first leading role?

An interview with David Byrne on BBC's Newsnight this evening mentions the release of True Stories by Criterion.

This was such a joy though it’s the small things that worked the most strongly for me. Like early on there’s an insert of cops doing a nighttime drunk test that gave me such an inexplicable high I felt like crying.

Also, man, Goodman is so amazing. No one else could get away with the Panda shape comment.

knives wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 9:38 pmLike early on there’s an insert of cops doing a nighttime drunk test that gave me such an inexplicable high I felt like crying.

Yeah, that's an incredible moment. Partly made so by the instrumental version of City of Dreams that, if I remember correctly, plays over it.