Way of listening
What happens when the soundtrack refuses, corrects or overturns the picture?
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Off-screen worlds · Space · Sound–image contradiction
Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Domestic routine occupies the image while an extermination camp persists in sound beyond the wall; the unheard cannot be made harmless by remaining unseen.
Recording & playback · Subjective listening · Sound–image contradiction
Directed by Brian De Palma
A gunshot hidden inside a tyre blowout becomes audible evidence; recording, synchronisation and editing turn listening into political investigation.
