Functions of Film Sound (movie)
- Production country: United States of America
- Production companies: The Criterion Collection
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 3/26/2013
- Run time: 20 min.
Movie description
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.