Mr. Arkadin
13Jan13
reach any real payoff (giallo payoff, thriller payoff, character-study payoff, whatever). Wish very much that I'd liked it more.
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DK
12Mar13
Brilliant Shining-like idea, and strong central performance by Toby Jones, let down by underwhelming digital cinematography, gimmicky editing, and some woeful acting by the entirety of the supporting cast. What could have been deliciously nightmarish is instead a cold pretentious plod, with one or two flashes of brilliance towards the end (one completely silent sequence being a super-chilling standout).
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Fabio Di Felice
6Feb13
Davvero disturbante questo film metacinematografico nel quale il racconto nel racconto viene svelato solo attraverso i suoni. Una sorta di inferno tutto personale per il protagonista e per lo spettatore, lanciati in un universo quasi lynchiano e terrificante.
Valu2009
3Feb13
Great atmosphere for a not so good written flick. A sincere homage to italian horror, with the right sound and look, truly chilling and funny at the same time, but in the second half something begins to go wrong. In the end I was, well, a bit confused and I had the feeling the director didn't know exactly where to go...
Mathias Palmberg
1Feb13
Good movie with great atmosphere and mood. The acting is spot on considering the stereotypical characters and the production values are stellar. The problem is that the movie sounds, looks and feels like a winner but the script lets everything down towards the end. The set up is so juicy it's a shame that the third reel ultimately goes nowhere. Pity...
Paolo Simeone
24Jan13
Macciao, ultimi 20 minuti da urlo. Un film sul giallo italiano che è superiore a tutti i tentativi di resuscitare il genere degli ultimi 30 anni. E poi -diocometivogliobeneStrickland- il doppiaggio italiano in un film inglese è superiore al doppiaggio italiano in un film italiano.
Jordan Peters
24Jan13
Tries valiantly to muster up a Lynchian world and atmosphere but Strickland never has a tight enough grasp on proceedings to create something truly effective.
Pierluigi Puccini
22Jan13
Unable to cope with my mind's eye. A promising argument that goes nowhere.
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Carlos Filipe Freitas
17Jan13
I ended with the sensation that all the tense moments were inconsequent, making this story an inconclusive bad dream. Full Review and Rating: http://alwayswatchgoodmovies.blogspot.com/2013/01/berberian-sound-studio-2012.html
Mr. Arkadin
13Jan13
Unassailable sound design and a conjuring of 70s Italian genre films like no other. But: It reminded me too much of Boe's *Everything Will Be Fine*. I.e., on the one hand, its technical merits border on brilliance; but on the other, it remains stubbornly blank when it comes to emotion or dramatic effect. Another way to say it: its technical mastery creates rhythm and tension (cinema), but that mastery fails to
MODERNGRUMBLE
8Jan13
while last years Amer wore it's heart on it's sleeve in a none too original homage/pastiche/mix tape of giallo psycho-sexual tropes and managed to be simultaneously better than most giallo and more hollow, Berberian Sound Studio goes another route - creating an insular,study of the genre and it's often mysoginistic, trashy core - and all without showing anything really except the inside of a sound studio - brilliant!
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hastapura
7Jan13
Fantastic, but this is gonna be a divisive one. It's not quite horror so coming at it like that is already a bust. Feverish and uncomfortable, and unlike many self-reflexive giallo, this avoids indulging in the boobs-and-gore while making incisive points about the genre. First come the pretentious justifications, then the fetishistic violence, and in the end it's all a way to get off. Hardly a love letter.
Howard Orr
6Jan13
Very successfully captures the crepuscular vulnerability that arises from going to a strange place with its incomprehensible language. A claustrophobic experience that cleverly creates an internalised world, one that is as womb-like and abandoned as an Argento film, and more desperate.
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Simon James Constable
4Jan13
If your idea of horror is gore and jump scares, you will be very disappointed with this film. It's psychological, surreal, and plays with diegesis. Obviously you'll get more out of it if you're a fan of gialli, although that's not essential. If you liked Inland Empire, you'll probably like this as they share thematic and stylistic elements.
Samuel Andrade
4Jan13
★★★★ movies can make you mad, gentle enough to adopt a spider as your pet, force you into dreams about bloody vegetables and drive you to start speaking like a Giallo actor. yes, this is that kind of movie.
ryan scott
3Jan13
everything in it's right place, producing strong pieces that somehow don't result in an equally strong and satisfying whole. it maintains a frustrating reservation, it's style and constant dread demanding more more expectation from the viewer thanit plans to make good on. definitely want to give some unreserved love to the Broadcast soundtrack though. On it's own, it's a strong experiment/swan song. RIP Trish Keenan.
Pedro Ponte
1Jan13
Nice bit of genre/meta fun, full of love for Giallo and Sound technicians (God bless them).
Matt Richards
1Jan13
Full of potential but sadly underwhelming. Evocative, well planned and boldly shot it's the story of a quiet little English man with confidence issues who finds himself losing his mind after travelling to Italy to help produce the sound track to a horror film. 2.5 stars
Sagi Mendel
31Dec12
Remainds me Mullholand drive but boring.I mean,nothing happening!Toby Jones Is brilliant and the sound is, of course, amazing.
Issey Miyaki
31Dec12
a claustrophobic thriller that gives us an atmospheric horror experience, brilliant!