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REEL TALK: BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO

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Berberian Sound Studio manages an astonishing feat that only dawns on the viewer after the credits roll—it’s a profoundly violent film without snapping a neck or spilling a drop of blood. It’s a masterpiece of atmosphere, beginning with the dial set to “creepy” and methodically turning it up to “excruciating.” One of the downright scariest films in recent memory, its power to frighten lies in the longevity of its chills.

It’ll haunt your dreams for weeks to come.

British foley artist Gilderoy travels to the titular locale in mid-1970s Italy to work the audio for a film called The Equestrian Vortex. From his first moments at the studio, things seem a little off. The director’s temperamental, but Gilderoy can’t tell if it’s just typical dramatics from a preening artiste or an overture to a crazed murder. Not to mention the generous wealth of disturbing images confronting Gilderoy on a daily basis: bug-eyed scream queens, assistant directors that look like the Unabomber, and the surreal horrors of the film-within-the-film.

The film’s extremely light on plot, but its core motion is Gilderoy’s impending absorption by the darkness that encroaches on him more with every passing day.

Gradually, his work takes on a veneer of aggression, and the disconnect between the imagined brutality of his work and actual brutality begins to break down. The studio warps its inhabitants and threatens to consume Gilderoy. The viewer goes along with him.

Don’t miss this outstanding film’s US premiere at the Brattle. Not only are they doing a noble service by bringing it to Cambridge, they’re doubling down by including Dario Argento’s Suspiria (regarded by many as the peak of giallo cinema) as part of a double feature with Friday and Saturday’s showings.

Sleep tight.

BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO

FRIDAY 6.21.13 – SUNDAY 6.23.13
BRATTLE THEATRE
40 BRATTLE ST.
CAMBRIDGE
9:30PM/$6.75-$12, FRI & SAT DOUBLE FEATURE W/ SUSPIRIA
@BRATTLETHEATRE
BRATTLEFILM.ORG


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