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David Byrne's American Utopia

Are they looking at me?Are they like me?

Are they looking at me?
Are they like me?

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Are they looking at me? Are they like me?
Duration
4 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:22
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Genres
documentary, music, musical
Production
Participant,River Road Entertainment,Warner Music Group,Todomundo,40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks,RadicalMedia,HBO Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.
Wondering if there's... you know, wondering if there's a logic to it. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:04
Wondering if there's... you know, wondering if there�...
♪ Oh - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:59
♪ Oh
Meeting people is hard, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:06
Meeting people is hard,
These people over here, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
These people over here,
(LAUGHTER) - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:06
(LAUGHTER)
These people over here don't need apps. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:04
These people over here don't need apps.
(AUDIENCE WHOOPS) - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
(AUDIENCE WHOOPS)
Some of them might be putting up a front, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:07
Some of them might be putting up a front,
Meanwhile, I'm, well, you know, observing. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:04
Meanwhile, I'm, well, you know, observing.
Objectively, I could never figure out why, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:16
Objectively, I could never figure out why,
But, yeah, looking at people? That's the best. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
But, yeah, looking at people? That's the best.
My friend Brian Eno suggested that we use a nonsense poem by a Dada artist - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:11
My friend Brian Eno suggested that we use a nonsense poem by...
I was familiar with a different Dada artist, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:07
I was familiar with a different Dada artist,
His name was Kurt Schwitters, and he recorded one of these in 1932. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:06
His name was Kurt Schwitters, and he recorded one of these i...
It was called the "Ursonate," the primeval sonata. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:06
It was called the "Ursonate," the primeval sonata.
Schwitters and some of the others in the... this group were, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:09
Schwitters and some of the others in the... this group were,
To help explain a little bit what that means, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:11
To help explain a little bit what that means,
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:07
(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
The world they were trying to make sense of... Yes, it was pretty crazy. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
The world they were trying to make sense of... Yes, it was p...
There had recently been an economic crash. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:04
There had recently been an economic crash.