David Byrne's 1986 film True Stories will see a release on DVD and Blu-Ray later this year. The release will be accompanied by an expanded soundtrack. The film also stars John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz and Spalding Gray.
"David Byrne was inspired by tabloid headlines to make True Stories, his sole foray into feature film directing, an ode to the extraordinariness of ordinary American life and a distillation of what was in his own idiosyncratic mind," Nonesuch Records said in a statement.
"Byrne plays a visitor to Virgil, Texas, who introduces the audience to the citizens of the town during preparations for its Celebration of Specialness. As shot by cinematographer Ed Lachman, Texas becomes a hyper-realistic late-capitalist landscape of endless vistas, shopping malls, and prefab metal buildings. In True Stories, Byrne uses his songs to stitch together pop iconography, voodoo rituals, and a singular variety show-all in the service of uncovering the rich mysteries that lurk under the surface of everyday experience."
True Stories will be released on November 20. Also included is a new documentary about the film's production, featuring Byrne and others, and No Time to Look Back, a "new homage to the fictional town Virgil." Other extras include the short documentary Real Life made at the time, deleted scenes, essays, examples of the newspaper stories that inspired the film and some of Byrne's photos from the pre-production phase.
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