Why Pauline Kael?

"[She] had a more positive influence on the climate for film in America than any other single person over the last three decades."

Saturday, June 1, 2013

The Silence in Movies

One problem that got in my way was finding movies with soundtracks that can be reviewed. Very often movie makers use music as a filler, for example, to entertain the audience during the movement of a character from one place to the next. The music here does not symbolize much and although it may hint at some events to com there is not much to discus about it there. In decisive moments in movies, silence if often chosen in order to give the audience to a feeling of suspense, sort of like everything in the forest goes quiet before something big happens. This anticipation is also a very important tool used in movies to keep you on the edge, hooked up in the action of the movie. In this case the music is often used as a means of breaking this suspense and either reflecting or foreshadowing the outcome of the tense moment.

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