he might be nutshes been accused but it seemed to him Chinese Japanese and
Korean ears were more sensitive to sound than Americans
he watched filmlotsa film
however hed been on a streak of foreign films
as opposed to domestic America was shrinkwrapping
its senses with comicbook superheroes babysisters handling sidearmsable to knock out
a newts eye at thirtyfeet brothers speedingswinging expertly through downtown traffic in
hi-octane cars and neighbourhood geeks suddenlycool wavinround unexpected
skills cars crashes buildings blowing up simple folk faced with annihilation
CG orgies
dramatic content nil
perhaps sound is due to the
nature of explosions the spittlelaced swearing chestthumping bravado
yet despite orchestrated cacophony wired Asians acrobatic fights frenzied swordplay flying daggers Ninja throwing stars
their sound didnt scorch his
ears
he usually kept his theatres
Volume at 50
for American films he had to turn
it up to 58 60 in order to hear
he dialed Asian films down to 45
43
recently he compared 13 Assassins
and House of Flying Daggers to Lucky#Slevin not a particularly boisterous flick
44 versus 57
Rashomon 42
Crime Wave 55
The Man from Nowhere 45
The Big Combo 53
Serenity 61
Late Spring 43
What gives?
maybe
he was just losing his shit
2052, Monday,
31 12. 18
1229, Thursday,
3 1. 19
