Sound of Noise---week 2

Sound of Noise Introduction(By Sophie):

A group of non-government drumers led by musician Sanna Persson and a conductor named Magnus start a music attact.They use anything to play music,and take all the city as their instruments.

This group also make a performance list and plan for it seriously.First,they ran into a surgery room using body and medical facilities to make wonderful and unique music.Next,they dressed up like robbers and went into a bank feeding banknotes into the shredding machine for creating pleasant sound. And then,they used diggers thumping the ground at the fountain in front of an opera house making noise and rhythm.These behaviors are so crazy and catching the eyes of government.As a result, the group is pursued by Amadeus Warnebring, a policeman born into a distinguished musical family who hates the sound of music.

 However,when Amadeus is arresting the group,he finds himself fall in love with the leader, Sanna.In the movie,there is a special plot.No matter anything has played as a instrument by the group, Amadeus won’t hear any sound by them anymore！  

So ,what will Amadeus do to stop them?Will he success or the city will occupy by these insane musician in the end?What kind of different music will they play next?

Critics(By Bella):

Sound of noise doesn’t match my expectation. The music in the movie is undoubtedly fantastic and the performances are so creative and cool. However, it doesn’t leave much space for me to think deeper. I especially don’t like the ending that these talented musicians ended up doing something they don’t have passion on after accomplished so many great things. No matter how wild they were, in the end they have to give in to the reality.

On the contrary, I really like the “tone-deaf” police Amadeus, who hates music so much that he just can’t appreciate any kind of music. I can feel how painful and stressful he is to grow up with a genius brother. In the end he creates an amazing light show without any noise in this city. Everyone has its own way to enjoy music. Silence is another kind of music, which can also bring people joy.

Music of the movie(By Lisa):

The movie “Sound of Noise” overturned the way we think of music. In the beginning of the movie, Sanna was driving on the road while her partner was beating a drum set in the car. Sanna made up the sound by speeding up, slowing down, or even driving on different materials of the road. With the rhythm of the drum set, they created a unique style of music. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qct3nBWlNTA&t=93) 

 

In the movie, a group of people decided to give a performance of drum by using everything out of your imagination, and did not care whether they broke the laws or not. There were four chapters: Hospital, Bank, Bulldozer and wires. The performance in the movie was a little like the extension of the short film below, but quite different. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVPVbc8LgP4) The musically of the performance is much less than the former chapters. To be honest, I did not know the atonality music very much, but after watching the “Sound of Noise”, I gave some thoughts of what is the meaning of music. Music is not equal to classical music or pop songs; in some ways, music includes all kinds of styles. 

In the end of the movie, Amadeus controlled the electricity of the city, and by turning on and off the switch, the sound of the city became unitary. It was quite sarcastic that it was the music criminal group who “destroy” the style we think of music, and made the noise of the city be “music” (There is a saying that the definition of music is to be regular).
In the dictionary of the music criminal group, there was no “quiet”, but they created “quiet” eventually; maybe the director tried to tell us that the rest in the music score is the most powerful “sound”. After all, Music has many styles and faces, and no matter which kind of music you like, it would be unforgettable to contact various kind of music.

Drawing by Sasha

Movie Trailer