True Stories

True Stories

  • Director: David Byrne
  • Writer: Stephen Tobolowsky,Beth Henley,David Byrne
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: October 10, 1986
  • Sound mix: Dolby
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Gerçek Hikayeler
  • "True Stories" is a musical comedy directed by David Byrne . David Byrne , Spalding Rockwell Gray , Alix Elias , John Goodman, etc. participated in the show. 
    The film tells the story of a narrator who came to Virgil, Texas, where he enthusiastically recorded the local architecture and customs, as well as a series of cultural and interesting stories with a camera. 

    Details

    • Release date October 10, 1986
    • Filming locations Dallas, Texas, USA
    • Production companies Gary Kurfirst Pictures, Pressman Film, True Stories Venture

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $2,545,142

    Gross worldwide

    $2,545,459

    Movie reviews

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    • By Kyleigh 2022-10-06 13:56:50

      "Film Review" Interview: David Byrne [Translation]

      Author: Margaret Barton-Fumo (Film Comment)

      Translator: csh

      The translation was first published in "Iris"

      "I think it looks real, and it also has a new romantic style," David Byrne told a reporter from Film Review when "Believe It or Not" was released in 1986. In this film, the director depicts the beautiful scenery of Virgil, a small town in Texas, and all of this has now been included in the CC Standard Collection, including a complete soundtrack from Nonesuch. This...

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    • By Guido 2023-09-12 13:07:34

      Scenery of small Texas town accompanied by country music. There is still...

    • By Chesley 2023-08-15 12:05:45

      Genius artist! It can be seen from the stop making sense. Although his job is not a director, this film has also been made into a music MV-style film, but from various art forms: fashion, jazz, auction performances, ancient advertising films , all showing the tolerance and genius-like creativity of Byrne, an art student, for different arts! Other highlights: the observation of the town and the obvious mapping on the dining table, the composition, the choreography of the narration, the byrne in...

    • By Amelie 2023-08-04 15:20:58

      A glimpse of light, between Godard and...

    • By Amiya 2023-06-10 07:14:50

      There are some highlights in the style, but the overall is...

    • By Fanny 2023-06-02 04:43:52

      The Texas town style painting, the jumping color scheme depicts an "unreal" Texas, in sharp contrast with the lifeless box buildings, large shopping malls, and factories on the vast land. It bluntly exposes the reality of modern people being swallowed by consumerism. Can you find true love by calling the hotline while lying down and watching TV? The form of the narration pseudo-documentary and the carnival celebration are reminiscent of Fellini's Amakod, and David Byrne is a storyteller who...

    Movie plot

    A narrator dressed in traditional Texas clothing and driving a red convertible came to the town of Virgil. He wandered around the town, and he enthusiastically recorded the local architecture and customs with a camera. He met some strange people: computer people, lying women, smart women, lazy women, etc. These people were beyond his imagination and were incomprehensible. The civic leader Earl Culver was respected, and he invited the...
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    Evaluation action

    The film focuses on what the protagonist David Bryan has seen and heard while traveling through Texas in the United States. It shows the uniqueness of the local people for life and love through the little characters with distinctive personalities and the stories that happened to them. understand. The film is commendable for the perfect combination of singing and dancing with realism. A large number of beautifully melodic country folk...
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    Movie quotes

    • Kay Culver: Shopping is a feeling.

    • Narrator: Excuse me, Mr. Culver. I forget what these peppers represent.

    • Narrator: Look at this. Who can say it isn't beautiful? Sky, bricks. Who do you think lives there? Four-car garage. Hope, fear, excitement, satisfaction.