Berberian Sound Studio
- Toby Jones: Gilderoy
- Tonia Sotiropoulou Elena
- Fatma Mohamed: Silvia
- Cosimo Fusco Francesco
- Susanna Cappellaro: Veronica
- Antonio Mancino: Santini
- Guido Adorni: Giovanni
Berberian Sound Studio is a British psychological thriller from director Peter Strickland from 2012. He was premiered on 28 June at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and had its premiere in Germany on 25 November at the Phantastival in Bremen.
Action
The plot of the movie takes place in an Italian studio of the 1970s called Berberian Sound Studio, set to music in the predominantly horror movies. The well-known British engineer Gilderoy ( Toby Jones), who has become an expert in nature documentaries a name to cooperate in its latest giallo film, at the invitation of the Italian director Santini. Here, the shy and sensitive Gilderoy encounters not only on language and cultural barriers. The strenuous work in the unfamiliar genre for him disturbed him visibly, so that he finally can hardly distinguish between reality and fiction.
Background
Strickland wanted to Berberian Sound Studio shoot a film in which mechanisms of film production are visible, which usually remain hidden to the viewer. So playing a large part of the plot in a confined studio and shows only the protagonists, as he produced the sound effects. Scenes of horror films, which he set to music, the audience does not see. This method produces the particular voltage of the film.
The film, set to music the studio Gilderoy ( Toby Jones) in Berberian Sound, is regarded as homage to the Giallo film, a specific Italian subgenre of the thriller and progenitor of the American Slasherfilms.
The soundtrack is complete by the British electronic band Broadcast, and was published under the title Berberian Sound Studio OST. With Roj Stevens of broadcast Strickland had already collaborated with his first work Katalin Varga.
In the credits, the English actress Suzy Kendall as a special guest called screamer. Kendall played in one of the style-defining films of the Giallo genre, The Mystery of the Crystal Plumage (L' Uccello dalle piume di cristallo, 1970), the female lead.
Reviews
Berberian Sound Studio was positively received by critics and peaked at Metacritic has a score of 80 /100.
" The Englishman Peter Strickland, however, connects in ' Berberian Sound Studio " in an impressive way the world of Giallos with the visions of David Lynch. "
" On such a stylish and creepy kind you've seen nothing yet never in the movies. "
" Each setting is suggestive, but none is enlightening - this sneaky strategy the film owes much of its oppressive atmosphere. "
Awards
British Independent Film Awards 2012
- Award in the categories Best Achievement in Production
- Best Actor Toby Jones
- Best Director for Peter Strickland
- Best Technical Achievement for Joakim Sundström / Steve Haywood (Sound Design)
- Best British Independent Film
- Best Screenplay for Peter Strickland
- Best Technical Achievement for Nicolas D. Knowland (Camera)
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2013
- Award in the categories Best Film for Peter Strickland
- ADF Cinematography Award for Nicholas D. Knowland
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012
- Nomination for Best Film for Peter Strickland
Evening Standard British Film Awards 2013
- Award for Best Actor for Toby Jones
- Nomination for best film
Gerardmer Film Festival 2013
- International Critics Award
- Special Jury Prize
International Film Festival of Locarno
- Junior Jury Award - Special Mention for Peter Strickland
- Nomination for the Golden Leopard for Peter Strickland
London Critics ' Circle Film Awards 2013
- ALFA Award British Actor of the Year for Toby Jones
- ALFA Award British Film of the Year
- Nomination for the ALFA Award Technical Achievement of the Year for Joakim Sundström ( sound design ) and Stevie Haywood (Sound Design)