1954
Rhythm · Weather · Bodies
Seven Samurai
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Hooves, rain, mud, cries and percussive music organise battle as a changing physical rhythm rather than a blur of action.
Way of listening
Rhythm.
How does sound govern movement and duration?
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1967
Cities · Off-screen worlds · Rhythm
Playtime
Directed by Jacques Tati
The city has no acoustic centre. Footsteps, doors, chairs, machines and fragments of conversation continually redirect attention across Tati's wide frames.
2012
Voices · Bodies · Rhythm
Les Misérables
Directed by Tom Hooper
Singing recorded live on set lets breath, tempo and vocal strain follow performance in the moment instead of forcing actors to reproduce a fixed playback.
2017
Rhythm · Subjective listening · Music becoming sound
Baby Driver
Directed by Edgar Wright
Songs, engines, footsteps, gunfire and edits share one pulse; the action is heard through a driver who uses music to organise both movement and tinnitus.