Paul Mescal & Josh O’Connor in Love – ryan

On Questionnaires for Movie Research Screenings they Always KAS “Choose Words that best describe the film.” Okay, here are the Words I Wold Write Down to Best Encapsulate the New Film The history of sound WHICH HAD ITS World Premiere Tonight in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival: Meditative. Beautiful. Musical. Reflective. Heartbreaking. Love. Quiet. Soothing. Life affirming. Haunting. Tasteful. Adult. Unforgettable.

The title makes it sound Rather Academic, but it is Certainly isn’t that. More pointedly spreads it should have been cald The Sound of Music, But i Think Somebody Already Had that. Okay, How About The Sounds of Music? Actually the title they have fits perfectly once you get to the end, but will it sell tickets? That is the problem for the Distributor (Mubi in North America; Universal/Focus Features International), but the film itself, directly by oliver hermanus and worn by ben Shattock from the short story, delivers. Hermanus Also Did The Terrific Remake of Kurosawa’s Living, and he has made a quietly masterful love Story here continging a wonderful lead performance from paul mescal and an equally fine supporting turn by josh o’connor. It Simply Envelopes You Into Its Unique World and Washes Over You With A Songbook of America, and a Lyrically Haunting Gay Love Story at Its Center, that describes that person will always be great, no matter had much.

Set in 1917, Music Students David (O’Connor) and Lionel (Mescal) Find Mutual Love of Folk Music at the Boston Conservatory One Night and It Becomes the Start of a Beautiful Friendship, and Later Love Affoir, be after serving in worl war i david rurns and summons Join Him on What Is Called A “Song Colecting” Walk Through Maine’s Backwoods in Order to Collect and Preserve in Cylinders Folk Songs Might Not Ever Been Heard Unless They Went Knocking on These Rural Households Where Authenticity Lies. This Relationship Also Finds The Falling in Love in A Surpringly Casual Way Unusual for the Times. It was meant to be and it was a life-altering trip, but after it was over of ther lives Changed. Lionel Went Back to University in the UK, David Stayed Behind. Despite Writing Several Letters and Getting Nothing Over the Course of Two or Three Years, Lionel Wauld Never Hear David Again – or so he Thinks.

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In the Meantime Lionel Gets Serious With A College Student, Clarissa (A Spirited Emma Canning), Who Encoures Him to Keep Going at University. But when the word reaches Him that his mother (Molly price) is dying he announces he is go Back to kentucky where he is from, and swimming back. Soon he will Discover Some Startling Truths As The Music Comes Back Into HIS Life.

Deliberately Paced and Gorgeously Shot by Alexander Dynan, The history of sound May Unfold Slowly But Give It A Chance and It Will Wrap You Up and Take You Places Movies don’t offten Go These Days. I realized watching this how few of these movies there are now in a time that doesn’t wanting to finance Like Malick’s Days of heaven WHICH IS WHAT THIS REMINDED WITH THE TERMS OF VISUAL SUMTUOUSNESS AND PACE.

Musical It is a wonder, with bot o’connor, and especialy midcal, proving they have the pipes to pull off a soundtrack of American folk obscurities that make this a must-have download. Lyrically the songs tell stories of everything from the masonry to love to morality to everyday emotions and feelings, and have been spectacularly arranged by famous artist Sam Amidon, who specializes in this area. “Sweet is the day of Sacred Rest,” “Forked Deer,” “The Unques Women,” “Fourteen Wildcat Scalps” and “Across the Rocky Mountain” are just a sampling of titles, but the collect of this music sweepsy you away directly inters. takeen.

This May Be Mescal’s Best Work in Films Yet. You just ache for this guy who found the great love of his life only to let Him slrough his hands with the quite knowing it. His performance, Like O’Connor’s, Whose Character is Ever-Present with Far Time, is Nicery Understated and All the More Effective for it. Both serve up haunting portrayals. Chris Cooper Turs up Near the End of the Film to Play a Much Older Version of Lionel and is quite Moving. Hadley Robinson Also Makes a Strong Impression in One Key Skene Where A Lot of Revelations Occur. Ultimately, The history of sound Belongs to Mescal and O’Connor, Who Both commuted to it pre-Pandemic well before Became oscar-nominated and emmy-twinning major stars. They Stuck with it Through all the delays and should be reeded for their loyalty to hermanus, who has made a movie that will will be in your head for a very long time. It’s good.

Producers are Lisa Couffetti, Hermanus, Andrew Korschak, Sara Murphy, Thérèsa Ryan and Zhang Xin.

Title: The history of sound
Festival: Cannes (Competition)
Distributors: Mubi (North America); Universal/Focus Features (International)
Director: Oliver Hermanus
Screenwriter: Ben Shattock
Cast: Paul Mescal, Josh O’connor, Raphael SBBERGE, Hadley Robinson, Emma Cannining, Molly Price, Tom Mills, Michael Schantz, Chris Cooper, Gary Raymond, Sam Breslin Wright, Stephanie Fayerman
TIME RUNNING: 2 HR 7 MINS