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David Byrne's American Utopia

(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) It'd be a different kind of movie

(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) It'd be a different kind of movie

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(LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE)
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It'd be a different kind of movie.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:17
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.
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.
The Nazis were coming to power, this is 1932, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:09
The Nazis were coming to power, this is 1932,
The Dada artist Hugo Ball said that their artistic aims - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:17
The Dada artist Hugo Ball said that their artistic aims
♪ Bim blassa glallassasa zimbrabim - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:09
♪ Bim blassa glallassasa zimbrabim
♪ A bim beri glassala grandide - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:09
♪ A bim beri glassala grandide
♪ Gadji beri bimba glandridi - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:18
♪ Gadji beri bimba glandridi
In 1976, the band I was in, Talking Heads, we got a record contract. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:06
In 1976, the band I was in, Talking Heads, we got a record c...
(CHEERING) - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
(CHEERING)
It was a contract, but not for very much money. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:04
It was a contract, but not for very much money.
I spent some of my money on a Sony Trinitron color television. - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
I spent some of my money on a Sony Trinitron color televisio...
The screen was about that big, but it was... - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
The screen was about that big, but it was...
I must have still been a little bit... a little bit isolated, - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:11
I must have still been a little bit... a little bit isolated...
(LAUGHTER) - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:25
(LAUGHTER)
Did the TV contain those millions of lost connections... - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
Did the TV contain those millions of lost connections...
Between me and them and them and me? - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:05
Between me and them and them and me?
♪ All right, I took a walk - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:26
♪ All right, I took a walk
♪ How am I not your brother? - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:25
♪ How am I not your brother?
♪ All right! It's good to lose and it's good to win sometimes - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:29
♪ All right! It's good to lose and it's good to wi...
(LAUGHTER) - David Byrne's American Utopia 00:08
(LAUGHTER)