If audiences respond to sound of my voice, whether now or it gains a following later, wed love to continue it as a trilogy, or on tv or whatever it is. Eiga koe no katachi, also translated as the shape of voice. Mar 19, 2012 in sound of my voice, peter christopher denham and lorna nicole vicius, a couple and documentary filmmaking team, infiltrate a mysterious group led by an enigmatic young woman named maggie. Sound may be the last thing you hear at night as well when you listen to your heartbeat and drift gradually into the soundless world of sleep. Kevin and salman discuss themes of psychology and science fiction in sound of my voice. The reallife cult experience behind sound of my voice. Sound of my voice represents a lowbudget indie film that both defies expectations but also fails to elevate them. The sound of my voice filmmakers reunited for netflixs. Sound of my voice writers decode their timetravel cult thriller. In the early 1930s, sound onfilm began to supplant sound ondisc as the technology of choice for adding a soundtrack to a movie. Two theories to explain the sound of my voice taylor holmes. May 31, 2012 sound of my voice was one of two films cowritten by the films star britt marling that debuted at the sundance film festival in 2011. In sound of my voice, there is no clearcut resolution as to whether maggie is lying or not.
It is a weird little film about a two documentary filmmakers investigating maggie a cult leader who claims to have traveled back from the future. Sound the science of waves, how they travel, how we use them. In sound of my voice, peter and lorna, a couple and documentary filmmaking team, infiltrate a mysterious group led by an enigmatic young woman named maggie. The sound of my voice is a disappointingly conventional documentary. Shocked by the sound of your own voice when you hear a recording. The film another earth was the first of the two films and was picked up for immediate distribution and released last year.
Apr 27, 2012 nobody is gutted in sound of my voice, a smart, effectively unsettling movie about the need to believe and the hard, cruel arts of persuasion. The sound of my voice is a musical biography of one of the most successful and versatile female singers of the 20th century and one of the most successful recording artists of. While many of the strange details and setups are left open ended, its the kind of film that will you have talking with others trying to fill in the blanks long after youve seen it. Sound of my voice makes ample use of its limited budget a majority of the film taking place in a rundown basement, creating a palpable sense of claustrophobia and tension many a multimillion. What film many praised as the more superior of the two was sound of my voice. Two theories to explain the sound of my voice taylor. The sound of my voice profiles the 10time grammy winning superstar whose career was tragically cut short by parkinsons disease. Aug 24, 2012 id heard mixed results about sound of my voice. Zal batmanglij and brit marling know their movie is hard to decipher.
It was a simple but very effective way to add audio to a movie. Sound of my voice is a different kind of cult film that leaves you wanting something more, like an ending. Captivating and enigmatic, sound of my voice shows that you can effectively rack an audiences mind with a microbudget. They hope to expose her as a fraud for a documentary but it proves difficult to maintain their composure. That damned handshake sound of my voice movie rants. How do you have faith in moving forward as a human being. In it, we find a young couple attempt to infiltrate a bizarre cult that follows a. There are too many clips of talking heads telling us how great ronstadt is and how important she is while we wait for the next archival clip that actually shows us.
Everything you need to know about sound of my voice movie 2012. For that film, venom needed to sound a certain way. Infuriatingly, however, it doesnt arrive, and a plot strand remains untied. But the sound of my voice as most of brit marling movies are is a balancing act of a movie. When venom bonds with brock, the two become something that is more alien than human. Sound of my voice writers decode their timetravel cult. Of course, there could be more than one explanation for that condition, and the sound of my voice never precisely declares whether her story. The movie is a 2016 japanese animated teen drama film produced by kyoto animation, directed by naoko yamada and written by reiko yoshida, featuring character designs by futoshi nishiya and music by kensuke ushio. Early in sound of my voice, the fabulously eerie, remarkably clever tiny psychological thriller barely in theaters right now, a couple. The sound of my voice profiles the 10time grammy winning superstar whose career was.
And in sound of my voice, its a meditation on belief and the possibility of being more than what the eye can see. Thats because when we speak, the sounds we make bounce around in. The plot focuses on two documentary filmmakers who attempt to expose a cult led by a charismatic leader marling who claims to be from the. Was anyone else annoyed by the end of sound of my voice.
An interesting thing about sound onfilm is that the sound is several frames away from the corresponding images. Two theories to explain the sound of my voice taylor holmes inc. If you like sound of my voice you might like similar movies another earth, the east, take shelter, compliance, the one i love. Two theories to explain the sound of my voice or three, or four, or n. But if its anything like sound of my voice, the oa benefits from being obscured and abruptly stopped from proceeding on to an even more ridiculous new age narrative. As in most works of literature, more than one tone is evident throughout the work. With about five minutes to go i thought to myself, they pegged this wrong, its actually really good. If you want to show less in a movie, youve got to figure out more.
No special effects, no other worlds, only the possibility of time travel, which you cant show but can only talk about. Questions about the ending of sound of my voice movies scifi. You just bought a shiny new 4k tv, and you just realized that it sounds like crap. This week sees the bigscreen debut of sound of my voice, the indie sensation centered around a mysterious cult leader brit marling who claims to be from the future. Watch the first 12 minutes of sound of my voice collider. It was also nominated for cinematography, film editing, production design, costume design, makeup and hair styling, best visual effects, best sound mixing and best sound editing.
Sound of my voice 2012 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Director zal batmanglij wrote sound of my voice with star brit marling behind batmanglijs hand. Jul 28, 2012 sound of my voice on dvd october 2, 2012 starring brit marling, christopher denham, nicole vicius. Sound of my voice movie trailer and videos tv guide.
For the viewer the sound of my voice is not what you hearand not what was being said,but what you see to the point of not believing if any of this is truth,if you can figure that out you would have no problem with this movie,you could ask yourself why would peter christopher denham. Watch sound of my voice movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. The balancing act is whether or not a cult leader, may or may not actually be a time traveler. Sound of my voice is a 2011 american psychological thriller film directed by zal batmanglij in his feature directorial debut and starring christopher denham, nicole vicius and brit marling. Questions about the ending of sound of my voice movies. The story is told from the perspective of two individuals that have infiltrated this cult in order to create a documentary about maggie. There are a million ways we could view this movie, but basically there are two. Nov 11, 2012 yeah, to make sound of my voice we had to conceive the entire world, and understand it holistically. Sound of my voice directed by zal batmanglij the new york.
In the play, hwangs characters must confront their fears of growing old, of never finding love, and of never being comforted by the intimacy of a long and trusted relationship, all in the short but intense space of one act. Sound of my voice 2012 cast and crew california couple peter christopher denham and lorna nicole vicius set out to make a documentary meant to expose a charismatic cult leader named maggie. Sound fills our days with excitement and meaning, when people talk to us, when we listen to music, or when we hear interesting programs on the radio and tv. Sound of my voice 2011 sound of my voice 2011 user. I love the scene where peter christopher denham gets asked to puke out the apple denham and brit marling who plays maggie, and also wrote the film deliver spellbinding performances, and theres so much tension you could choke on it. Most builtin tv speakers suck, so naturally, you want to get a soundbar. What looked like a sympathetic examination of cults was turning in to a harsh morality tale ab. Just watched the awesome indie scifithriller sound of my voice, and. What just happened in sound of my voicesequel yahoo answers. In sound of my voice, peter christopher denham and lorna nicole vicius, a couple and documentary filmmaking team, infiltrate a mysterious group led by an enigmatic young woman named maggie. Its hard to say whether sound of my voice is a wholly bogus and pretentious indie enterprise or a weirdly compelling bit of lowbudget storytelling. Just the other day we brought you the first two minutes of sundance favorite sound of my voice, and now fox searchlight has released the first 12 minutes of the film online.
Netflix just gave me the best present this holiday season, a new series from the filmmakers behind sound of my voice and the east. Sep 06, 2018 but the sound of my voice as most of brit marling movies are is a balancing act of a movie. The sound of my voice is a scifi thriller made with smoke and mirrors. In fact, its probably not science fiction at all, but belongs in some related category, like a story from the old weird tales magazine. Sound of my voice is a decent lowbudget film about a couple that infiltrates a very small cult led by a young woman brit marling who claims to be from the future. Dec, 2019 in sound of my voice, peter christopher denham and lorna nicole vicius, a couple and documentary filmmaking team, infiltrate a mysterious group led by an enigmatic young woman named maggie brit marling.
I hope we will see a lot more of brit malling shes good. Rob epstein and jeffrey friedmans documentary linda ronstadt. Such was my verve at the time that a friend specifically asked me to explain why it deserved such potential accolades. Intent on exposing her as a charlatan and freeing the followers from her grip, peter and lorna start to question their objective and each other and they unravel the secrets of maggies. Apr 27, 2019 rob epstein and jeffrey friedmans documentary linda ronstadt. Jan 08, 2017 given the strong parallels between the oa and sound of my voice, it is feasible the oa could follow in the ending footsteps of sound of my voice. Like martha marcy may marlene, sound of my voice plausibly demonstrates how someones sense of self and certainty can be eroded, and like another earth, it was cowritten by actress brit marling, a melancholy, luminous presence as the groups leader. Yeah, to make sound of my voice we had to conceive the entire world, and understand it holistically. It was made on a shoestring budget which can be seen in some of its sound and editing.
In a way you could prove any ending of this film was the real ending, right. For a movie so small and frequently intimate, sound of my voice can lose track of the people inside it, and its a surprise to find something so elegant can also feel a little hollow. Hardy, who portrays both brock and venom in the movie, explained to ew how his technical team created that unique sound. What is the tone in the play called the sound of a voice. As sound of my voices cowriters, they intentionally crafted a story.
The plot focuses on two documentary filmmakers who attempt to expose a cult led by a charismatic leader marling who claims to be from the future. Aug 03, 2012 i saw sound of my voice at its sxsw following its premiere at sundance. In sound of my voice, peter christopher denham and lorna nicole vicius, a couple and documentary filmmaking team, infiltrate a mysterious group led by an enigmatic young woman named. The sound of a voice is a deeply moving play with a surprising, or, more appropriately, a shocking ending. Truth be told, we all sound a little bit different to other people than we think we do. Jan 09, 2017 but if its anything like sound of my voice, the oa benefits from being obscured and abruptly stopped from proceeding on to an even more ridiculous new age narrative. This fall, though, the character gets to shine in his own movie. Zal batmanglij and brit marling know their timetravel cult.
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