Forum From the Archives: Immersive Documentary “32 Sounds” Encourages Us to Feel the Noise

The hushed thrum of the womb. The warble of the last living species of a now-extinct bird. The fury and thrust of a jet engine in flight. These are some of the sounds that populate filmmaker Sam Green’s immersive documentary “32 Sounds.” The movie is not just a collection of sounds, but rather a meditation on the strange power that sound has on us, whether it is voices, music, the natural world or sounds that we are trying to tune out. Watching the movie, even on a tiny screen, can be a full-body experience in which you’re encouraged by Green, who narrates the film, to feel the sound. We’re bringing this segment out of the Forum archives as 32 Sounds returns to Bay Area theaters later this month for more screenings at:

Roxie Theater, San Francisco, Oct. 28

Rialto Cinemas Elmwood, Berkeley, Oct. 29

Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol, Sebastopol, Oct. 30

Guests:

Sam Green, filmmaker, "32 Sounds"

Mark Mangini, Sound designer, "32 Sounds." Magini has won two Oscars in sound design for his work on the movies "Dune" and "Mad Max Fury Road. He has received multiple Academy Award nominations for his sound design work on films including, "Blade Runner 2049" and "Star Treks I, IV and V."

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