- Storytelling Giant
Infobox Film
name = Storytelling Giant
caption = VHS cover
writer =
starring =
director = 1:Toni Basil and David Byrne
2, 5, 7: David Byrne
3:Ted Bafaloukos
4: Toni Basil
6:Jim Blashfield
8:Jim Jarmusch
9: David Byrne andMelvin Sokolsky
10: David Byrne andStephen R. Johnson .
[http://www.discogs.com/release/435927]
producer =
distributor =
music =
released = 1988
runtime = 52 minutes
language = English
budget =
music =
awards =
imdb_id ="Storytelling Giant" was a 1988 compilation of ten music videos produced by
Talking Heads during the 1980s. The videos are connected by random stories by real people. Stories included a person who was a dog for several years, a woman whose ex-boyfriend broke into her apartment, and people who trashed others' bathrooms at a party.The film has been released on
VHS and can be obtained from used video stores. A DVD version is available exclusively as part of Rhino's "Once in a Lifetime" box set.Original track listing
#"Once in a Lifetime"
#"Wild Wild Life "
#"Stay Up Late "
#"Crosseyed and Painless "
#"Burning Down the House "
#"And She Was "
#"This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) "
#"The Lady Don't Mind "
#"Love for Sale"
#"Road to Nowhere "2003 DVD version track listing
#"Once in a Lifetime"
#"Wild Wild Life "
#"Stay Up Late "
#"Blind" [Previously unreleased]
#"Crosseyed and Painless "
#"Burning Down the House "
#"And She Was "
#"Sax and Violins " [Previously unreleased]
#"This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) "
#"The Lady Don't Mind "
#"Love for Sale"
#"(Nothing But) Flowers "
#"Road to Nowhere "External links
* [http://www.talking-heads.net/storytellinggiant.html Storytelling Giant] at talking-heads.net
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/435927 Storytelling Giant] at discogs.net
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