Coming to the M.V. Film Center on Friday, Oct. 6, is the 2023 remastered documentary of the Talking Heads “Stop Making Sense” from 1984. Directed by the late Jonathan Demme, the film is considered the best music documentary of all time. Band members at the time included Chris Frantz (drums), Tina Weymouth (bass), and Jerry Harrison (keyboards), as well as lead singer and guitarist David Byrne, who often appeared in an outrageously oversize white suit. Inspired by Japanese Noh theater, the suit became an icon for Byrne. His quirky movements were also characteristic.

Demme filmed three concerts the group did at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in 1983. Introducing new wave rock music, the band pioneered use of digital audio techniques, and in 2021 the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry.

The concerts Demme filmed include such hits from the late ’70s as “Psycho Killer” and “Take Me to the River” to the ’80s classic “Stop Making Sense.”

Byrne and two other band members, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, attended the Rhode Island School of Design together in the early ’70s. As a result, their performances relied heavily on artistic elements as well as music, and their band was first called the Artistics. The band featured a powerful sound design that made their albums better than the filmed versions of either the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” or the Band’s “The Last Waltz.” In many ways, their performances were distinctive in their respect for the audience, and for feeling like the band was in the audience.

Byrne was born in Dumbarton, Scotland, and moved to Maryland with his family when he was 8. He received Oscar, Grammy, and Golden Globe awards for a 1987 film score collaboration on “The Last Emperor.” He describes himself as on the autism spectrum, as well as his ability to focus being a superpower.

In addition to his performances with the Talking Heads, Byrne explored many other forms of music and expression. These included an internet radio station, TED Talks, and “Arboretum,” a sketchbook facsimile of his tree drawings. Other music collaborations were a ballet, “The Catherine Wheel,” on Broadway with Twyla Tharp in 1981; the score for 1985’s music for “The Knee Plays” in Robert Wilson’s five-act opera, “The Civil War: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down.”

In a June 2023 “60 Minutes” interview with Anderson Cooper, 71-year-old Byrne describes himself as “ultra-focused,” and says, “Performance is the best way to communicate. It’s not just this solo, or something like that. It’s this collective thing that gives it this extra energy.” He adds, finally, “It would be a horrible world if people never changed for their entire life. I’m a very different person than when I was young.”

Information and tickets for “Stop Making Sense” are available at mvfilmsociety.com.