Functions of Film Sound (2013)

Release Date: 2013-03-26
Runtime: 0h 20min
Production Company: The Criterion Collection
Production Country: United States of America

This visual essay sets clips from Robert Bresson's "A Man Escaped" to a reading of "Functions of Film Sound," a chapter from David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson's book "Film Art." The chapter analyzes the sound design of Bresson's masterpiece as a means of discussing the use of sound in film.