Wednesday 30 June 2021

Sound of Metal (2019 Darius Marder & co-scr)

Riz Ahmed is a drummer with Olivia Cooke, but I wouldn't call what they do 'music', so it's quite a relief when he starts going deaf so we can't hear it. The Oscar-winning sound design is of course one of the reasons for seeing it - hearing it, even. (It also won for best editing, Mikkel Nielsen. I honestly didn't notice it.)

In a deaf camp run by Paul Raci (good, Oscar nominated along with Riz) he begins to find some happiness. It's an ironic tale, really. Quite interesting. Mathieu Amalric is Olivia's dad.



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