Noise
by Matthew Saville
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Actor: Brendan Cowell, Henry Nixon, Luke Elliot, Maude Davey, Nicholas BellDirector: Matthew Saville
Brand: Repnet LLC
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, NTSC, Surround Sound, THX, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-03
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Film Movement
Movie Reviews of Noise
Movie Review: Tumor, Timeliness, or the Sound of Something More?
Summary: 5 Stars
A dark cloud descends over Australia as our movie plays out. First we have someone on a subway open fire on a multitude of unsuspecting people, with only one person surviving the ordeal. A body is then found a few days later, its skin burned beyond recognition, and the police soon find themselves thinking the two are connected. This is where our main character comes in, the "ringing" in his ears sidelining him after he passes out while attempting to ride an escalator, and where things begin to worsen until, at the end of one terrible day, he finds himself facing a lot more than just the sensation in his ears.
Some people will not like this movie because we are shown exactly what the ringing sounds like for our poor police officer. I hate to really call the sound ringing, either, because the sound is an overwhelming thing that would drive most people mad. In one scene we see just how bad this is, too, with him trying to drown out the noise by turning on every appliance in his house just so he can hear something else. In another respect we find him suffering from a condition called "not known," where he thinks he may have a brain tumor or worse. Regardless, these illustrations might be too much for some people. I, myself, found these moments enlightening however, because it gave us a glimpse of what this man went through as this condition began to worsen. It also showcased the acting skills of the actor involved, and it showed us just how terrible this feeling of helplessness could be.
Another thing I took from the movie was a what if, brought on by the police officer as he commented on his beliefs in the afterlife. In one setting he said that he thought that heaven and hell may simply be the mind spending its final moments dying, with the way you lived your life actually being your heaven or your hell. This isn't meant to say that the police officer dies - far from it - because the movie does not wrap up things neatly when it ends. It is merely meant to question some aspects of the movie and to ask if there could be more to the film than first imagined. There is this point at the end of the movie there is a car horn that sounds as something crucial to the story takes place, and the noise of the horn sounds a lot like the noise that he has been hearing. So, is this more than just an unknown noise sounding in the distance of his mind, or is it an unknown quality that you will never have the answer to because of the way the movie ends? Whenever a movie makes me asks things like this, I have to give the movie kudos because the movie does more than entertain some basic senses. It makes me think about movements of the story and outcomes, and I like to be surprised by things like this.
Regardless, I thought the movie was addictive and I really liked the way it was set up. From the acting to the set-up to the killer involved, the movie made its way along a path I didn't anticipate and truly kept me watching. I also liked the character as well, enough so that I hoped he would have a happy ending, and both the plot and the people were truly enriching. The first time I saw it I had questions, and the second time I watched it I had some answers and more questions to go along with those. Now, a half dozen times later, I can only say that I recommend the movie to people who enjoy something different and that the movie does not fail to disappoint.
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