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<p style="font-size:14px;margin-bottom:12px;">New Wave in the age of the jogging craze: Jonathan Demme captures the four Heads surrounded by crack funkateers, from the gradual build-up of stage forces of the opening four songs through the final Afrobeat romp of "Crosseyed and Painless." Byrne's sincere facial expression grates at times, so pick and choose your scenes. (And, of course, there's the Big Suit, which never gets old.)

( October 11, 2012 )

New Wave in the age of the jogging craze: Jonathan Demme captures the four Heads surrounded by crack funkateers, from the gradual build-up of stage forces of the opening four songs through the final Afrobeat romp of "Crosseyed and Painless." Byrne's sincere facial expression grates at times, so pick and choose your scenes. (And, of course, there's the Big Suit, which never gets old.)

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