Berberian Sound Studio
Directed by Peter Strickland
A sound mixer working on an Dario Argento-style giallo is drawn into a surreal nightmare in Peter Strickland’s critically acclaimed homage to ‘70s Italian horror. Toby Jones (THE MIST) stars as the master Foley artist who’s brought to Italy to work on a gruesome gore flick. As he starts stabbing vegetables and going to further extremes to make the disturbing sound effects, the line between what’s real and what’s fiction starts to break down - a scary but apt metaphor for both the process of creating cinema and the experience of viewing it. Stylish and chilling.
A sound mixer working on an Argento-style giallo is drawn into a surreal nightmare.
Cast: Toby Jones, Antonio Mancino, Fatma Mohamed, Tonia Sotiropoulou
Member Reviews
I loved this movie, even if the ending left a little to be desired, lacking a traditional climax. I've kept it at 5 (as opposed to a more honest 4) stars to combat the 1 star reviews lol. This movie isn't going to be for everyone, the sound design is front and center and I've never seen a movie focus on the sound quite like this. You don't have to be a recording artist to appreciate it, if you know what gain and reverb mean that's probably more than enough working knowledge to appreciate the sonic mastery on display here. It's also a deeply unsettling and evocative look at misogyny and sexual abuse in the film industry shown through outsiders eyes. The acting is top notch. As I said this isn't going to be for everyone, but it was for me, they make you FEEL the grisliness of kills that aren't even happening on screen through sound design alone. I was impressed, don't watch this on laptop/tv speakers and play the whole movie as loud as you can stand.
Great if you want to fall asleep.
The bad kind of arthouse
so real. surreal. but So Real , in Life. So Real.
A cool concept but the ending could have done so much more. Honestly think this would make a better mystery/thriller/drama than horror movie.