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32 Sounds

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32 Sounds is an immersive feature documentary and profound sensory experience from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sam Green (The Weather Underground) featuring original music by JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN). The film explores the elemental phenomenon of sound by weaving together 32 specific sound explorations into a cinematic meditation on the power of sound to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us. Join Oscar-nominated filmmaker Green as he takes the audience on a journey through time and space -- exploring everything from forgotten childhood memories, to the soundtrack of resistance, to subaquatic symphonies -- and experience in new ways the astonishing sounds of our everyday lives. 32 Sounds investigates the mysterious nature of perception and the subtle yet radical politics that arise from sensation and being present in one's body.
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Lindsay Zoladz New York Times A relentlessly curious documentary... Nov 20, 2023 Full Review Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle A remarkable documentary and something you’ll never forget. Nov 20, 2023 Full Review Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Since I’d readily “listen”-watch them all, that tells you 32 Sounds and I are very much on the same wavelength about appreciating its subject... Nov 20, 2023 Full Review Will Mavity Next Best Picture There are far more riveting and better-made documentaries this year to be seen, but there are few more interesting ones than this to listen to. Rated: 6/10 Jan 29, 2024 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Amid the gamut of artfully assembled archival footage, interviews, animation, and hard science, we get some great trivia... Jul 31, 2023 Full Review Charles Solomon FilmWeek (LAist) I was very interested in the subject of this film... But it just doesn't go anywhere. It's just throwing things at the wall and hoping they stick. Jun 6, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steven B an amazing meditation on sound and what it means to be human Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/24 Full Review Charles W As they remark in the movie, sound often seems subservient and overlooked in movies, docs and social media, and yet if you subtract it, a whole gamut of emotions are gone. Moreover taking sound in isolation, or for its specific purpose, as in this documentary, you ‘hear in focus’ . The tradegy of the doomed male bird before extinction, the poignancy of archive voices, the clever foley artists job. Worth a listen, put your earphones on, and close your eyes as instructed. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/04/25 Full Review Joe P It is rare when a film feels both cosmic and personal. This one nails it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/26/23 Full Review Justin F A beautiful visual and auditory experience that leaves you thinking long after the credits roll. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/23/23 Full Review Lucy S I got to watch in the theater with the special headset, it felt revelatory and made me remember how magical cinema can be. A fast moving, poetic and reflective piece about how sound shapes our internal and external worlds. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/23/23 Full Review Joseph H An incredible experience. Thoughtful exploration of how sound helps shape and make the world around us. How our relationship to sound forms our world and how we respond to it. Lots of humor, a bit of tragedy, told by a group of people which includes a bit of audience participation. I highly recommend it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Sam Green

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Sam Green

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Sam Green

Screenwriter

Josh Penn

Producer

Thomas O. Kriegsmann

Producer

Jenifer Westphal

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Synopsis 32 Sounds is an immersive feature documentary and profound sensory experience from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sam Green (The Weather Underground) featuring original music by JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN). The film explores the elemental phenomenon of sound by weaving together 32 specific sound explorations into a cinematic meditation on the power of sound to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us. Join Oscar-nominated filmmaker Green as he takes the audience on a journey through time and space -- exploring everything from forgotten childhood memories, to the soundtrack of resistance, to subaquatic symphonies -- and experience in new ways the astonishing sounds of our everyday lives. 32 Sounds investigates the mysterious nature of perception and the subtle yet radical politics that arise from sensation and being present in one's body.
Director
Sam Green
Producer
Josh Penn, Thomas O. Kriegsmann
Screenwriter
Sam Green
Distributor
Abramorama
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 28, 2023, Limited
Runtime
1h 38m
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