Artfully unsettling. The sound department deserves a raise.
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I, Robot 2004
For a society that relies on humanoid robots, these people seem pretty clueless about the workings of robots. That being said, its hard not to find this movie entertaining. The set design never ceases to impress; futuristic Chicago appears so familiar, yet significantly altered without being overtly evolved or utopian. This subtlety does not extend to the droids-in-question, as the CGI is entirely unmistakeable (but probably more impressive at the time of release), yet the line between man and machine…
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Berberian Sound Studio 2012
Thought provoking on many levels but ultimately only vaguely satisfactory. What is particularly intriguing is that the film pays excruciatingly close attention, from the point of view of sound productionists, to a horror film (sorry, a "Santini film") that we the viewers never see. Instead we are trapped inside a dark bunker of a production studio listening to horror sound effects that become so familiar, even repetitive, that once the theatre lights come on, a mere hour and a half of…
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