Massachusetts made Sound of Metal wins two Oscars at 93rd Academy Awards Share Updated: 11:48 PM EDT Apr 25, 2021
Massachusetts made Sound of Metal wins two Oscars at 93rd Academy Awards Share Updated: 11:48 PM EDT Apr 25, 2021
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Show Transcript WHO LIVE IN MASSACHUSETTS AHEAD OF TONIGHT’S BIG SHOW. I AM VERY NERVOUS AND ANXIO AT THE SAME TIME, SOME EXCITING THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TOO. ANCHOR: LOTS OF EXCITEMENT FOR LOCAL ACTORS JOE TOLEDO AND HIS SON DOMENICO WHO ARE IN THE FILM SOUND OF METAL, NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS. I AM NERVOUS AS WELL AND WHEN I REALIZED THERE ARE A LOT OF DEAF ACTORS IN THE MOVIE AND THEY RECEIVED OSCAR NOMINATIONS I WAS SURPRISED AND EXCITED FOR THAT. REPORTER: THE MOVIE IS ABOUT A DRUMMER OF A HEAVY METAL BAND WHO STARTS LOSING HIS HEARING AND STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH IT, FINDING SUPPORT FROM THE DEAF COMMUNITY. THE FILM IS SET IN MISSOURI BUT FILMED IN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOME SCENES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Directed by Darius Marder.
Starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Mathieu Amalric, Domenico Toledo, Chelsea Lee, Shaheem Sanchez and Chris Perfetti.
SYNOPSIS:
Ruben (Riz Ahmed) is forced to face some home truths, as a life altering event sees everything he values slip away. As sound is replaced by silence Ruben’s world is changed forever.
Few films intentionally seek out silence and exist within the moments most movies overlook. In
The Sound of Metal, every moment of audio, either muffled or magnified carries meaning. Screenwriters Darius and Abraham Marder ask their audience to process film in a different way, by making point of view an essential dramatic element. Conversations create their own dynamic; words are formed through physical expression and passions punctuated by fevered gestures.
Sound Of Metal Review: Riz Ahmed Is Brilliant In Captivating Character Study
Sound Of Metal Review: Riz Ahmed Is Brilliant In Captivating Character Study
Sound Of Metal Review: The conviction with which Riz Ahmed plays the drums and uses American Sign Language belies the fact that he had to learn both in order to play the role.
Sound Of Metal: Riz Ahmed in a still from the film. (courtesy: rizahmed)
Cast: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Mathieu Amalric, Domenico Toledo, Chris Perfetti
Director: Darius Marder
Rating: Four stars ( out of 5)
A self-sustaining bubble made up of sound and its reverberations contains the entire world of heavy metal drummer Ruben Stone, fleshed out absolutely brilliantly by Riz Ahmed. All of a sudden, all that remains is the bubble. Sound goes out of the percussionist s life. He begins to lose his hearing. Stillness threatens to engulf him. And thereby begin the struggles of the newly-deaf protagonist of the marvellously well ch