Functions of Film Sound
- Movies
- 2013-03-26
- EN
- Released
- 0h 20m
- US
- Documentary
Production
The Criterion Collection
Storyline
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.