Berberian Sound Studio
Directed by Peter Strickland
A sound mixer working on an Dario Argento-style giallo is drawn into a surreal nightmare in Peter Strickland’s critically acclaimed homage to ‘70s Italian horror. Toby Jones (THE MIST) stars as the master Foley artist who’s brought to Italy to work on a gruesome gore flick. As he starts stabbing vegetables and going to further extremes to make the disturbing sound effects, the line between what’s real and what’s fiction starts to break down - a scary but apt metaphor for both the process of creating cinema and the experience of viewing it. Stylish and chilling.
A sound mixer working on an Argento-style giallo is drawn into a surreal nightmare.
Cast: Toby Jones, Antonio Mancino, Fatma Mohamed, Tonia Sotiropoulou
Member Reviews
it was okay. i dont think it achieved what it as going for, but the look into foley and sound mixing from this perspective was cool.
I adore this movie. It’s unsettling, awkward and bizarre; many will lose patience for it as it devolves into nonsense. But, if you are a fan of Italian horror directors like Argento, Fulci, Bava and Soavi, you’ll appreciate the caricature. Also, the soundtrack by Broadcast is perfectly eerie.
It was all build up and no delivery.
I got to go to a private screening of this film when it was released along with the soundtrack. I really enjoyed it, the soundtrack was next level. They even gave us a free vinyl copy at the screening. If you didn’t like it the first go around, maybe try it again. My second watch was better than the first. Just a thought
Extremely boring. It started off as somewhat intriguing and there was a sense of foreboding around some scenes, but overall, it was a drag to get through.