1986 · comedy · musical
True Stories
Directed by David Byrne1h 29m1986
A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show.
Our read: True Stories (1986) reads as a cosy, steady, inventive comedy · musical entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Cosy, steady, gentle comedy / musical, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- gentle
- inventive
- intimate
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