Storytelling Giant

Storytelling Giant
Video by
Talking Heads
Released1988 (1988)
GenreNew wave,[1] post-punk,[2] art pop,[3] avant-funk,[4] worldbeat,[5] art punk[6][7]
Length52:00
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerAlan Kleinberg

Storytelling Giant is a 1988 compilation album of music videos by Talking Heads during the 1980s. The videos are linked by real people (not actors) telling stories from their lives; the stories have no logical connection to the videos.

The film has been released on VHS tape and laserdisc. A DVD version was released as part of Rhino Entertainment's Once in a Lifetime box set, with three additional videos.

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