{"id":116772,"date":"2020-11-21T00:16:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T21:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/darius-marders-sound-of-metal-and-the-superpower-of-silence\/"},"modified":"2020-11-21T00:16:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T21:16:03","slug":"darius-marders-sound-of-metal-and-the-superpower-of-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/darius-marders-sound-of-metal-and-the-superpower-of-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"#Darius Marder&#8217;s &#8216;Sound of Metal&#8217; and the Superpower of Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Darius Marder&#8217;s &#8216;Sound of Metal&#8217; and the Superpower of Silence<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.8-->Catastrophe is at the core of <strong><em>Sound of Metal<\/em><\/strong>. An atom bomb explodes early on in the film, and the audience rides its shockwaves for the remaining runtime. As viewers, we consider the protagonist\u2019s luck of the draw, but the film ultimately sheds such questions. We\u2019re not here to count our blessings. We\u2019re here to soak in the laughter of God as plans shatter with glorious grandeur.<\/p>\n<p>A nodal event is an occurrence in your life that radically shifts the path you\u2019re currently <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ing upon. The loss of a loved one, a promotion at your job, a winning lottery ticket, an unexpected diagnosis. These events come suddenly. They\u2019re an injection of chaos allegedly orchestrated by a higher power to test not just your fortitude but your idea of self.<\/p>\n<p>The you of today is not the you of yesterday or tomorrow. To deny fluidity is to deny existence. To fight against it causes unnecessary turmoil. There is no greater war than acceptance.<\/p>\n<p>Reuben (<strong>Riz Ahmed<\/strong>) roars behind his drums. As a recovering addict, he\u2019s on a bit of an upswing. His relationship with frontwoman Lou (<strong>Olivia Cooke<\/strong>) is as strong as his sobriety: four years. They share the mission of the road. They\u2019re building an audience one gig at a time, and an album is formulating by the second.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a ringing in Reuben\u2019s ears. It buzzes, but it\u2019s easy to ignore. Until it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<p>He awakens one morning and the world around him is silent. Reuben attempts to pop his ears. Nothing. He calls out, but cannot hear his words. He tries a little louder. Still. Nothing.<\/p>\n<p>The reason goes unexplored. The why doesn\u2019t matter. He\u2019s gone deaf. The reality of the transformation crushes everything else.<\/p>\n<p>Writer\/director <strong>Darius Marder<\/strong> structures <em>Sound of Metal<\/em> around the five stages of death: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Reuben initially doesn\u2019t even bother to tell Lou of his problem. If he acts fast, a doctor can fix him. He runs on that fantasy until he can no longer.<\/p>\n<p>Reuben and Lou attempt a performance, but sense memory can only take him so far. <em>Sound of Metal<\/em> spends the majority of its screenplay toggling within anger, bargaining, and depression. Lou eventually gets Reuben\u2019s sponsor on the phone, and he connects Reuben with Joe (<strong>Paul Raci<\/strong>), a Vietnam vet who lost his hearing when a bomb stole it from him. He now runs a tiny deaf community thanks to the financial assistance of the church.<\/p>\n<p>With few other options at his disposal, Reuben agrees to stay. Lou gives him a strong, sorrowful hug and fades away to continue the road she was already speeding along. Joe\u2019s job is to cut through Reuben\u2019s torment, to cast off the five stages of death, and reveal to him how no one has actually died. The rage and frustration are proof of life. Recognize it, and flip the album. A new song awaits.<\/p>\n<p>Reuben treads water. As a man who believed deeply in his previous plan, he\u2019s already formulating another one to return him to his old self. All he needs is forty grand, and he can buy his way back into hearing.<\/p>\n<p>On his first doctor\u2019s visit, the physician attempted to keep Reuben\u2019s hope alive with the promise of a cochlear implant. The surgically embedded device could provide him with an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roximation of sound, but it costs a lot of bread and will never be the miracle Reuben wants it to be. At this point, Reuben only acknowledges the words he can connect to the person he was before. He hangs his future on this <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sound of Metal<\/em> appears in conversation with another film that came out earlier last year. <strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nonfics.com\/moonlight-sonata-deafness-in-three-movements-review\/\"><em>Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a document of a child desperately attempting to master Ludwig van Beethoven\u2018s \u201cPiano Sonata No. 14\u2033 while navigating deafness and its eradication through the application of a cochlear implant. Filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky invades her life, and her son\u2019s life, and her parents\u2019 life with her camera, capturing every painful pang in a journey of discovery, where deafness is not an affliction, but a community.<\/p>\n<p>As we see in that documentary, the cochlear implant is regarded by many as an antagonist. It\u2019s a weapon designed to obliterate a way of life, a threat to those that did not overcome a disability but flourished in a rare and cherished environment. The absence of sound is not a failing or a flawed state of being. It\u2019s a superpower, offering abilities to those who master it.<\/p>\n<p>For Joe, and the company around him, Reuben\u2019s anguished determination to secure the cash and the implant is an offense \u2013 an attack. The thought process alone is poisonous enough, and Joe worries that it could infect the others. If he is unable to conquer Reuben\u2019s backward desire, then he must expel the ex-drummer from his house.<\/p>\n<p>Reuben\u2019s internal war in <em>Sound of Metal<\/em> is played on two fronts. Riz Ahmed\u2019s body crackles and shivers. He\u2019s an exposed nerve, quivering across the frame. The air itself seemingly slashes at his skin, making it impossible for him to achieve the stillness Joe champions. Ahmed is electric, and Reuben\u2019s agony sizzles loudly in its transmission from screen to viewer.<\/p>\n<p>The second front is the incredible sound design edited by <strong>Nicolas Becker<\/strong> and <strong>Maria Carolina Santana Caraballo-Gramcko<\/strong>. They present three distinct universes: Reuben\u2019s soundscape of before, the silent soundscape, and the alien cochlear soundscape. Depending on where he is on his path, the sound design ripples with a specific sentiment.\u00a0Through their aural manipulation, we arrive at the desired emotional climax before Reuben does.<\/p>\n<p>Silence is not a curse. It\u2019s not a gift. It just is.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s on Reuben to transform the silence into a superpower. It\u2019s on us to see what experience we inhabit and transform it into a superpower. <em>Sound of Metal<\/em> exemplifies the potential humanity possesses to adapt, survive, and thrive. We must lean into the challenges we\u2019re presented with, not buck against them. Holding onto the person we were blocks us from the person we are and who we will be.\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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