dir. Midge Costin, 95’, 2019, USA
Their work usually goes unnoticed by the public, but try to remove it from at least one episode — and all the magic of the movie disappears. Sound is the second main thing in the film after the big screen.
"Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound" is a fascinating story of the evolution of sound in cinema. Sound and sound design have overcome thorny paths — from Al Jolson's first voice in "The Jazz Singer" and the lion's roar recorded by Murray Spivack for "King Kong" to lightsaber duels in "Star Wars" and psychedelics acoustic landscapes of ‘Apocalypse Now’.
Insides and stories told by iconic directors like George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, David Lynch, Barbara Streisand, and Sofia Coppola, with whom we'll try to explore the evolution of sound in cinema to understand its global significance for world cinema.
