<![CDATA[The Voice in Cinema]]>

false <![CDATA[The Voice in Cinema]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179423120m/914696.jpg 914696 3 -- Rick Altman, editor of Sound Theory, Sound Practice How can a voice whose source is never seen--such as Norman Bates's mother in Psycho or Hal in 2001: A Space Odyssey--have such a powerful hold over an audience? And how have such directors as Fritz Lang and Alfred Hitchcock used "the being heard but not seen" to build suspense in films since the advent of "talkies" in 1927? In a brilliant exploration of a subject no one else has written on at any length, one of the foremost experts on film sound explores the mysterious power of the human voice-particularly the disembodied voice-as deployed in cinema. Michel Chion, author of Audio-Vision, analyzes imaginative uses of the human voice by directors like Lang, Hitchcock, Ophuls, Duras, and de Palma. The first part of The Cinematic Voice considers the hidden, faceless voice and its magical powers, particularly as used in Fritz Lang's Testament of Dr. Mabuse. Chion sees this film, produced at the dawn of the sound era, as a template for the voice in cinema. The middle section's five essays explore entrapment by telephone, voice-thieves, screams of terror, siren calls, and the silence of mute characters. Finally, Chion looks at "the monstrous marriage of the filmed voice and body" as figured in Psycho's Norman Bates. Claudia Gorbman's fluent translation introduces readers to Chion's sophisticated and accessible analysis in a work that established his reputation as a major voice in French film criticism. 899779 1982 The Voice in Cinema total:12|5:4|4:6|3:1|2:1| 12 49 19 2 2 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 07:42:03 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 07:44:01 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 18:23:24 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 08:45:05 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Nov 12 10:04:56 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 10:05:13 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 26 11:17:59 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 11:17:59 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Nov 29 10:24:24 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 10:24:24 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Oct 20 19:48:54 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 19:49:06 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Aug 11 13:28:50 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 13:28:50 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Jun 23 08:47:45 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 08:47:45 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Apr 15 11:36:08 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 11:36:08 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Apr 08 14:10:48 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 14:10:59 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Apr 07 12:59:20 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 12:59:29 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Feb 28 22:03:12 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 22:03:16 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 10 10:50:46 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 10:50:54 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Feb 04 18:38:06 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 18:38:06 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 28 23:12:34 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 23:12:36 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Oct 10 23:56:49 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 23:57:57 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Aug 15 16:09:48 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 16:09:48 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jul 04 10:46:42 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 04 11:02:54 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sat Jun 02 18:42:26 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 02 18:42:26 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=914696