A Quiet Place in the Country

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Moira K 03/22/2024 The very abstract, discordant soundtrack in addition to noise(s) heard throughout, eg, the phone ringing were intolerable. They didn't create a sense of horror or anguish, rather they were very annoying, like fingernails dragged down a blackboard. Such disruptive noise disrupted my concentration and ability to follow the film. This was unfortunate as there appeared to be many visual cues for me to focus on. Music can help create an atmosphere, such that the music itself is barely noticeable if it suits the genre, and the audience has a sense of happiness, sadness, uncertainty, fear, etc due to the music played. Sounds which take over during a film are not doing the film justice. This was not done well at all with A Quiet Place in the Country. I can't say much for the story as all I could focus on was very unpleasant noise(s) throughout. See more s r @ScottR 03/24/2016 Crazy, but compelling. A Haunted Italian villa drives an artist mad. See more 11/16/2013 Director Petri visits giallo country, but the film never quite gets its bearings. See more 08/09/2013 This tale of onsetting madness is trademark Petri with enough ambiguities in the plot to allow for (force?)multiple interpretations. See more 01/26/2013 Disturbing and yet intriguing experimental film. Reminded me of The Shining.... See more 05/08/2010 Had to watch this without subtitles, so Tonino Guerra's dialogue is lost to you unless you speak Italian. Still, the emphasis is on visual storytelling in an overt homage mixing Poe with avant garde technique. In some ways, this is the antithesis of Petri's La Decima Vittima. Nero is plagued by violent impulses towards Redgrave, strangulation fantasies, and self-mutilation. The cinematography expresses this through extreme close-ups and off-kilter framing for scenes of romance bordering on the violent, and deliberately unfocused pans across broken and decayed surfaces or through semi-opaque or poorly reflective ones. It may not be the best work of any single person involved, but it truly deserves an HD transfer as well as subtitles. Especially for a nearly pitch black seance that goes in and out of direct lighting with the rising hysteria of its participants. The scenes of Nero going nuts on Redgrave with a shovel while Morricone's non-diegetic, atonal score pipes away in the foreground are even more disturbing, and the finale wraps it up well. See more Read all reviews

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