Pretty disturbing and well acted by Jones, maybe he played the character a bit too spineless for me but that's maybe because of his great acting that the character frustrated me, so kudos there. The colour scheme was very consistent, the red contrasting very well to emphasize important scenes. I liked that they put as much importance to silence as loudness, makes the disturbence of the character dissolving into his crazy state. 8/10.
I was a little let down by this film. Even though it is visually stunning, and I have to admit I quite enjoyed seeing the making of sound effects, the overall narrative isn’t super compelling due to the repetitiveness. While I respect the decision to build tension through repetition, it's still repetition, and it does wear on you after a while. On top of it, the milquetoast protagonist doesn’t do much for me. Although the surreal last act is quite interesting, I wish it had committed to its surrealism sooner.
I mostly found this annoying. Ironically, I thought the sound was terrible - FX and screaming was loud and dialogue almost inaudible. Let it play out in background mode while installing software on another device.
Watched this twice now years apart, think its a true gem. If you have an appreciation of giallo genre then this is the Toby Jones film for you
Absolute rubbish. Really hard to watch the whole movie
Either it was too pretentious, or I'm simply to dumb or hip enough to get this movie. I didn't really get where it was going, and I wasn't thrilled with any visuals onscreen. Great sound at least, and I do like how it's a love letter to giallo and how sound design works.
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Very understated yet highly disturbing film, with moments that live on in your subconcious long after the film has ended.