If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? In the fantastic 32 SOUNDS, the answer is: possibly? Or is the sound that you hear the actual sound or […]

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(After a successful festival run, Walter Murch and Taghi Amirani’s Coup 53 is available now via the films website. Like what you see here on Hammer to Nail? Why not give just $1.00 per month via Patreon to help keep us going?) Iranian-British […]

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I met with director Midge Costin on Monday, April 29, 2019, at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, to discuss her new documentary Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (which I also reviewed). In the film, Costin provides a comprehensive […]

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It’s all equally as entertaining as it is informative, and a vital addition to our understanding of how movies are made.

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This is my first report from the 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival. I’m not sure how many I’ll do, but this won’t be the last. If I were to write a lede for this piece, it would enthusiastically refer […]

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