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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound pays an all-too-rare tribute to an aspect of filmmaking that's utterly fascinating but often overlooked.
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You wouldn't seize on film sound as the sexiest of subjects, yet Midge Costin's documentary is a doozy, as inspiring as it is informative. November 3, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
You wouldn't seize on film sound as the sexiest of subjects, yet Midge Costin's documentary is a doozy, as inspiring as it is informative.
Ed Potton
The blend of historical overview, film clips, tech info, and inside business on offer is pretty irresistible. November 1, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The blend of historical overview, film clips, tech info, and inside business on offer is pretty irresistible.
Mark Feeney
If it feels like a feelgood in-house promotional video for Hollywood technicians ... well, they've got an awful lot to feel good about. October 30, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
If it feels like a feelgood in-house promotional video for Hollywood technicians ... well, they've got an awful lot to feel good about.
Peter Bradshaw
"Making Waves" is about the evolution of film technology, yet the key to its appeal is that it revels in the holistic, aesthetic side of technology: not just buttons and dials and gizmos, but technology as an expression of something human. October 27, 2019 | Full Review…
"Making Waves" is about the evolution of film technology, yet the key to its appeal is that it revels in the holistic, aesthetic side of technology: not just buttons and dials and gizmos, but technology as an expression of something human.
Owen Gleiberman
A practically perfect primer for anyone interested in the history and craft of filmmaking, answering most of the pertinent, baseline questions while leaving plenty of room for supplemental research. October 25, 2019 | Full Review…
A practically perfect primer for anyone interested in the history and craft of filmmaking, answering most of the pertinent, baseline questions while leaving plenty of room for supplemental research.
William Bibbiani
Those who make the effort to see this fascinating film will feel their time has been equally well spent. October 24, 2019 | Full Review…
Those who make the effort to see this fascinating film will feel their time has been equally well spent.
Kenneth Turan
It's a lot to cover in 90 minutes, and given the breadth of the subject it's something only a Mark Cousin-esque full-length TV series could give real justice to. February 6, 2020 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
It's a lot to cover in 90 minutes, and given the breadth of the subject it's something only a Mark Cousin-esque full-length TV series could give real justice to.
Steven Sheehan
Succeeds as an accessible and entertaining ode to the innovators, the craftsmen, and the technology that continues to give the cinema experience new life. February 3, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Succeeds as an accessible and entertaining ode to the innovators, the craftsmen, and the technology that continues to give the cinema experience new life.
Matthew Pejkovic
This documentary offers a rich, comprehensive treatment of sound in movies that gives the viewer some appreciation of the effort it takes to make a movie with a good sound design. January 24, 2020 | Rating: B | Full Review…
This documentary offers a rich, comprehensive treatment of sound in movies that gives the viewer some appreciation of the effort it takes to make a movie with a good sound design.
Robert Roten
One of the year's best. January 18, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
One of the year's best.
Matt Brunson
...a little bit of everything: history, aesthetic exploration, technological geek out. January 11, 2020 | Rating: B | Full Review…
...a little bit of everything: history, aesthetic exploration, technological geek out.
Robert W. Butler
It's a good documentary on a great subject; it leaves us with a deeper appreciation of the creativity and painstaking discipline of these artists, and their contribution to our favorite movies. January 6, 2020 | Full Review…
It's a good documentary on a great subject; it leaves us with a deeper appreciation of the creativity and painstaking discipline of these artists, and their contribution to our favorite movies.
M.V. Moorhead
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