Comments on: Sound as vision: Riding the blind giant http://www.directorama.net/2006/09/26/sound-as-vision-riding-the-blind-giant/ A weekly webcomic chronicling the afterlife of a pantheon of legendary directors Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:05:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Peet http://www.directorama.net/2006/09/26/sound-as-vision-riding-the-blind-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Peet Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:30:39 +0000 http://peet.wordpress.com/2006/09/26/sound-as-vision-riding-the-blind-giant/#comment-126 Glad to be of service, Andy! You could be right, there's actually a sound library available on CD that features soundscapes from Lynch's movies. By the way, it was Lynch who said: "Films are 50 percent visual and 50 percent sound. Sometimes sound even overplays the visual." I rest my case. Glad to be of service, Andy! You could be right, there’s actually a sound library available on CD that features soundscapes from Lynch’s movies.

By the way, it was Lynch who said: “Films are 50 percent visual and 50 percent sound. Sometimes sound even overplays the visual.” I rest my case.

]]> By: A. Horbal http://www.directorama.net/2006/09/26/sound-as-vision-riding-the-blind-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-125 A. Horbal Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:12:35 +0000 http://peet.wordpress.com/2006/09/26/sound-as-vision-riding-the-blind-giant/#comment-125 Peet: thank you! I read this post this morning. This evening I saw Andrucha Waddington's enchanting <em>House of Sand</em>. I don't know if you've seen it, but there's a scene in which there's a solar eclipse. I'm watching this scene and I'm thinking to myself, this is somehow Lynchian... But wait, I think: Lynchian <em>how</em>? I don't recall him using an eclipse motif, and beyond the obvious connection between <em>House of <b>Sand</b></em> and <em>Dune</em> there really isn't any reason to connect this scene to his work... Then it hit me: this eclipse, it's accompanied on the soundtrack by an otherworldy tone. And unless I miss my guess, this same tone accompanies the Red Room scene in <em>Twin Peaks</em>. I don't know that I would have made this connection were it not for this post! You've opened my eyes to a whole new world! Or, I should say, opened my <em>ears</em>... Peet: thank you!

I read this post this morning. This evening I saw Andrucha Waddington’s enchanting House of Sand. I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but there’s a scene in which there’s a solar eclipse. I’m watching this scene and I’m thinking to myself, this is somehow Lynchian…

But wait, I think: Lynchian how? I don’t recall him using an eclipse motif, and beyond the obvious connection between House of Sand and Dune there really isn’t any reason to connect this scene to his work…

Then it hit me: this eclipse, it’s accompanied on the soundtrack by an otherworldy tone. And unless I miss my guess, this same tone accompanies the Red Room scene in Twin Peaks. I don’t know that I would have made this connection were it not for this post!

You’ve opened my eyes to a whole new world! Or, I should say, opened my ears…

]]> By: Peet http://www.directorama.net/2006/09/26/sound-as-vision-riding-the-blind-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Peet Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:49:52 +0000 http://peet.wordpress.com/2006/09/26/sound-as-vision-riding-the-blind-giant/#comment-124 Yeah, I knew that one. There are more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-cut_trailers This is one of my personal favorites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kqqMXWEFs Yeah, I knew that one. There are more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-cut_trailers

This is one of my personal favorites:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kqqMXWEFs

]]> By: max404 http://www.directorama.net/2006/09/26/sound-as-vision-riding-the-blind-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-123 max404 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:24:47 +0000 http://peet.wordpress.com/2006/09/26/sound-as-vision-riding-the-blind-giant/#comment-123 This one's great too: "West Side Story" changes into a disturbing zombie movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x25jVzVP1bY This one’s great too:

“West Side Story” changes into a disturbing zombie movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x25jVzVP1bY

]]> By: Dennis Cozzalio http://www.directorama.net/2006/09/26/sound-as-vision-riding-the-blind-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Dennis Cozzalio Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:31:36 +0000 http://peet.wordpress.com/2006/09/26/sound-as-vision-riding-the-blind-giant/#comment-122 Peet: Re Mr. Murch, how about <i>Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, The Conversation, Dragonslayer</i> and <i>The Godfather</i>? And now that I do look at his page, I’d forgotten about a lot of the other credits, including <i>American Graffiti, The Talented Mr. Ripley, THX 1138</i> and <i>Gimme Shelter</i>. Did you ever see his lone directorial effort, <i>Return to Oz</i>? Perhaps one of the most underrated movies of the ‘80s. Thanks for this fascinating post. It’s got me thinking about a lot of different things this morning, including how De Palma uses sound in <i>Dressed to Kill</i> (which I saw on the big screen again last Friday night) and, of course, <i>Blow Out</i>. Peet: Re Mr. Murch, how about Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, The Conversation, Dragonslayer and The Godfather? And now that I do look at his page, I’d forgotten about a lot of the other credits, including American Graffiti, The Talented Mr. Ripley, THX 1138 and Gimme Shelter. Did you ever see his lone directorial effort, Return to Oz? Perhaps one of the most underrated movies of the ‘80s. Thanks for this fascinating post. It’s got me thinking about a lot of different things this morning, including how De Palma uses sound in Dressed to Kill (which I saw on the big screen again last Friday night) and, of course, Blow Out.

]]> By: Peet http://www.directorama.net/2006/09/26/sound-as-vision-riding-the-blind-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Peet Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:08:17 +0000 http://peet.wordpress.com/2006/09/26/sound-as-vision-riding-the-blind-giant/#comment-121 Adam, I'm glad Jim Emerson convinced you to drop by! You're absolutely right about silence. This post was assembled from notes for a 24LiesASecond essay I've never completed. The use of silence in relation to Haneke's <i>Caché</i> was part of these notes, but I was getting too impatient to publish this. There's so much left to say... Adam, I’m glad Jim Emerson convinced you to drop by!
You’re absolutely right about silence. This post was assembled from notes for a 24LiesASecond essay I’ve never completed. The use of silence in relation to Haneke’s Caché was part of these notes, but I was getting too impatient to publish this. There’s so much left to say…

]]> By: Adam http://www.directorama.net/2006/09/26/sound-as-vision-riding-the-blind-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Adam Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:29:50 +0000 http://peet.wordpress.com/2006/09/26/sound-as-vision-riding-the-blind-giant/#comment-120 Good thoughts here. I've just discovered your blog through a "scanners" post. Glad I did. I've always considered the power of sound in film. Music, especially, can be incredibly manipulative, as the <i>Shining</i> trailer showed. And it is so ingrained into our viewing consciousness that even the absence of it can be manipulative, as in the heist scene in <i>Rififi</i>, or generally unsettling, like the French film <i>Cache</i>. Good thoughts here. I’ve just discovered your blog through a “scanners” post. Glad I did.

I’ve always considered the power of sound in film. Music, especially, can be incredibly manipulative, as the Shining trailer showed. And it is so ingrained into our viewing consciousness that even the absence of it can be manipulative, as in the heist scene in Rififi, or generally unsettling, like the French film Cache.

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