Psycho Killer” says, “Someone is a psycho or a killer, or the opposite.” It’s for when your character is confused but reaaaaal hip about it. This weekend’s Wreck-It Ralph, though lacking a beautiful wife and house, is also wondering, How did I get here? Still, it’s a Talking Heads song, so it’s also just fun. The trailer for Nicholas Cage’s Family Man basically plays it out line by line: “This is not my beautiful wife” - yes, Nicholas Cage, it is, and it’s Tea Leoni. Hot Tub Time Machine Family Man Rock Starĭo you have a protagonist looking to self-actualize? Do you want to send him on a crazy trip through time, space, and video games? Then “Once in a Lifetime” is a your song! Many of the lyrics concern a person uncertain about his modern life (“You may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile”). “Once in a Lifetime” says, “Woah, who/when/where am I?” Lars stands alone, dancing with himself, content but with a hidden sadness. In Lars and the Real Girl, it’s played at a party that Ryan Gosling attends with his Real Doll girlfriend. In Wall Street and later in its sequel ( Wall Street 2: More Walls, More Streets), the song soundtracks the lead in a happy moment (decorating a new fancy apartment, a kids birthday party) that is on the verge of fading. That is the case in This Must Be the Place, as Sean Penn’s character seemingly uses it as a bittersweet anthem. In most of its uses in film, it accompanies a happy character with a lingering (or impending) melancholy. It’s a love song about a person uncertain if love is really possible (“Home - is where I want to be/ But I guess I’m already there”). The song exudes a certain sort of cracking warmth. Used in: This Must Be the Place Crazy, Stupid, Love Wall Street Lars and the Real Girl He’s Just Not That Into You
“This Must Be the Place” says, “Things are nice, but we’re a little bit sad about it.” We looked at the Talking Heads songs that have gotten the most screentime to figure out what their use says about the films they are used in, other than that the music supervisor has good taste.
#TALKING HEADS ROAD TO NOWHERE LYRICS MEANING MOVIE#
But what does it mean? What does any Talking Head song placement - whether in the movie itself, on the soundtrack, or in the trailer - mean? In short: something. That being said, the use of one of its most popular songs as the title of (and throughout) the new film This Must Be the Place, takes it to another level. The band Talking Heads is no stranger to movie soundtracks.
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