THE SOUND OF SILENCE

SILENCIO…

Film theorist Bela Balasz on silence in film:

“Silence, too, is an acoustic effect, but only where sounds can be heard. The presentation of silence is one of the most specific dramatic effects of the sound film. No other art can reproduce silence, neither painting nor sculpture, ’neither literature nor the silent film could do so. Even on the stage silence appears only rarely as a dramatic effect and then only for short moments.”

“The experience of silence is essentially a space experience.”

“How do we perceive silence? By hearing nothing? That is a mere...