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Sound & Silence
The invisible half of cinema — what you hear, and what you don’t
Films in this lens
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Cinematography by Roger Deakins
There is almost no music in this film. The Coens stripped it away and left you with silence — desert wind, boot heels on linoleum, the hiss of Chigurh's cattle gun. And in that silence, every sound be…
A Quiet Place (2018)
Cinematography by Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Krasinski built an entire film around a single sound design rule: noise equals death. And that rule transforms the audience. You stop eating your popcorn. You hold your breath. You become a character…
Drive (2011)
Cinematography by Newton Thomas Sigel
Refn uses silence the way other directors use explosions — as punctuation. Gosling barely speaks. Scenes play out in long pauses. And then when the synth score drops in, the contrast is overwhelming.…
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