Recommended watching to me by Neil, as to better help me understand the importance and impact that sound can have on a film. This psychological thriller however also had an underlying similarity with Ridley, whereby the "film" that main character Gilderoy is working on, is only talked around, we are given no real specifics only vague sentences that gives nothing away. In Ridley, the play that he is rehearsing for is essentially what is driving him insane, the play is never explained to the audience all that is revealed is a few lines as Ridley runs lines, in his hotel room, and the type of character he is playing through the scenes he is rehearsing.
This film helped me to realise how uncomfortablness in sound can be used as great advantage in thrillers, the more uncomfortable the more effective. So I shouldn't be afraid to use sounds that are over the top at levels that would normally be deemed inappropriate. The more you have the deeper it effects the audience. Much like in Berberian Sound Studio towards the end, where the actress has on headphones and Gilderoy and Francesco increase the high pitched noise coming through her headphones.
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