Stop Making Sense – 40th Anniversary Restoration [In-Person Only]
$14 General Admission
$10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 NWFF Member
About
(Jonathan Demme, US, 1984, 88 min, in English)
New restoration for the film’s 40th anniversary!
** Giveaway at the Oct. 28 7:30pm show; wear your best giant suit for luck! **
At Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December of 1983, the Talking Heads were at their exhilarating best. Backed by an ecstatic ensemble of supporting musicians, David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison are positively radiant with creative energy. Their unforgettable music, captured with sly sophistication by beloved director Jonathan Demme, is crystallized into a concert film that many consider the greatest of all time: Stop Making Sense.
Stills courtesy of A24.
Ticketing, concessions, cinemas, restrooms, and our public edit lab are located on Northwest Film Forum’s ground floor, which is wheelchair accessible. All doors in Northwest Film Forum are non-motorized, and may require staff assistance to open. Our upstairs workshop room is not wheelchair accessible.
The majority of seats in our main cinema are 21″ wide from armrest to armrest; some seats are 19″ wide. We are working on creating the option of removable armrests!
We have a limited number of assistive listening devices available for programs hosted in our larger theater, Cinema 1. These devices are maintained by the Technical Director, and can be requested at the ticketing and concessions counter. Also available at the front desk is a Sensory Kit you can borrow, which includes a Communication Card, noise-reducing headphones, and fidget toys.
The Forum does NOT have assistive devices for the visually impaired, and is not (yet) a scent-free venue. Our commitment to increasing access for our audiences is ongoing, and we welcome all public input on the subject!
If you have additional specific questions about accessibility at our venue, please contact our Patron Services Manager at maria@nwfilmforum.org. Our phone number (206-329-2629) is voicemail-only, but we check it often.
Made possible due to a grant from Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, in partnership with Sensory Access, our Sensory Access document presents a visual and descriptive walk-through of the NWFF space. View it in advance of attending an in-person event at bit.ly/nwffsocialnarrativepdf, in order to prepare yourself for the experience.
NWFF patrons will be required to wear masks that cover both nose and mouth while in the building. Disposable masks are available at the door for those who need them. We are not currently checking vaccination cards. Recent variants of COVID-19 readily infect and spread between individuals regardless of vaccination status.
Read more about NWFF’s policies regarding cleaning, masks, and capacity limitations here.
