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The Voice in Cinema (Paperback)
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The Voice in Cinema (Paperback)
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How can a voice whose source is never seen--such as Norman Bates's
mother in "Psycho" or Hal in "2001: A Space Odyssey"--have such a
powerful hold over an audience? And how have such directors as
Fritz Lang and Alfred Hitchcock used "the being heard but not seen"
to build suspense in films since the advent of "talkies" in 1927?
In a brilliant exploration of a subject no one else has written on
at any length, one of the foremost experts on film sound explores
the mysterious power of the human voice-particularly the
disembodied voice-as deployed in cinema. Michel Chion, author of
"Audio-Vision," analyzes imaginative uses of the human voice by
directors like Lang, Hitchcock, Ophuls, Duras, and de Palma. The
first part of "The Cinematic Voice" considers the hidden, faceless
voice and its magical powers, particularly as used in Fritz Lang's
"Testament of Dr. Mabuse." Chion sees this film, produced at the
dawn of the sound era, as a template for the voice in cinema. The
middle section's five essays explore entrapment by telephone,
voice-thieves, screams of terror, siren calls, and the silence of
mute characters. Finally, Chion looks at "the monstrous marriage of
the filmed voice and body" as figured in "Psycho's" Norman Bates.
Claudia Gorbman's fluent translation introduces readers to Chion's
sophisticated and accessible analysis in a work that established
his reputation as a major voice in French film criticism.
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