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Favorite Shots

The Conversation (Coppola, 1974) This shot from Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation (1974) is a brilliant meditation on how sound works in film. The sequence opens as sound engineer Harry Caul unlocks several deadbolts in order to enter his apartment. As he opens the door, we hear the shrill sound of an alarm bell. Coppola [...]


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