when the filmmakers respect the communities they're depicting

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  @CinemaStix · 3 years ago · pinned

  I made a mistake in my subtitles—chances are more than one, but—most importantly, I failed to capitalize Deaf Culture. It is a coined term, as Marder mentions. Typically, we don’t capitalize the expression “blank with a capital blank”, but in this case Marder was being literal (which is linguistically fascinating for different reasons). But, anyway, I wanted to point that out now that I’m aware of it. And I’m very sorry for the error. <br><br>-Danny

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  @barfymann362 · 3 years ago

  As an audiophile and bassist, this film resonated with me on a level that I didn&apos;t expect it to. I take my hearing for granted, much like everything else that works. The realization to not be able to hear yourself is horrifying. My drummer mate after watching this film just sat in silence for a while. It&apos;s crazy how well made it is and truly what a performance.

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• JA

  @Jakeyisdead · 3 years ago

  As a musician who is losing their hearing Sound of Metal moved me quite a bit and the end of the film where he turns off his hearing aids and found a moment of peace it made me sob but I wasn&apos;t sad it was a bitter-sweet moment and I ended up crying throughout the whole credits. &nbsp;One of the best movies I&apos;ve ever seen Riz is also such an underrated actor, the talent on show in this film is insane.

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  @koseorhun · 3 years ago

  I always like the Helen Keller quote when I think about hearing loss: &quot;Blindness cuts us off from things, but deafness cuts us off from people&quot;.

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• LI

  @LifesNeverHumDrum · 3 years ago

  I think it’s a shame the hard-coded captions were removed for theatrical screenings, since they were clearly made to work so well with the film.

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• MA

  @Max1Youtube · 3 years ago

  Riz Ahmed is such an underrated actor!

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• JA

  @jackjac · 3 years ago

  The sound editing deserved its Oscar obviously, but the work they put in the whole production and the inclusion of deaf people is also extraordinary and easily overlooked as it just feels organic.

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• LV

  @LvkeLavish · 3 years ago (edited)

  There’s a complex dichotomy between the people who watch this film. I feel like that’s what makes it so engaging and interesting. Is that hearing and non-hearing people can enjoy a movie the same but it’s accommodated by conversations in ASL for those who can’t hear and subtitles for those who can. It really accentuates the difference between the viewers but makes it so they can be in similar dispositions of unfamiliarity. I’ve never seen anything like it on film.

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• TR

  @trwinderBoEblog · 3 years ago

  It kind of pisses me off that theaters don’t have subtitles or captions when the screen films. I think movies should be enjoyable on a big screen by everybody. Why should deaf people have to wait for the DVD/streaming release, or get special permissions, or go to different theaters?

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  @victoria-ol4ht · 3 years ago

  as someone who grew up w a deaf parent, so many of these scenes resonated w me. the culture, the banging on the table or ground or waving at someone to get their attention. the hand gestures that aren’t entirely ASL but are still understandable. literally and figuratively using body language to communicate. the expressions that go along with ASL. all of it is so impactful to me as a CODA.

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• SI

  @simplymarvelousliving · 3 years ago

  I’m a musician (orchestral Tubist), but I used to fence way back… One day, I was fencing a particularly advanced fencer who also did boxing, and he was notorious for bruising others. He hit me in the head— hard— and it was that exact sensation of that movie. The ringing and then a sensation in my ear I can only describe as a drop. Like that feeling when you disengage a snare drum while its vibrating from another instrument’s sound. And then it was just nothing. I immediately started panicking and it felt like my helmet was closing around me but I realized I was crying and I didnt want it to show. I just walked off the platform and walked into the bathroom, and after only a minute or so the sound came back. But it was so so terrifying. <br><br>When I went back to the training group, the coach asked me whats wrong and his (very flippant) response was, “yeah, that’ll keep happening more and more often. [other coach] is pretty much deaf in one ear, and most of us here have a constant ringing in our ears.”<br><br>After having fenced for years, I quit the next day. Even though I’m near fluency in ASL (I’m a firm believer in the goal of total unrestricted accessibility), I can’t imagine many things more terrifying to me personally than hearing loss.

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• PO

  @Poparad · 3 years ago

  I was able to enter the anechoic chamber at IRCAM in Paris last summer and while it is weird, it&apos;s not nearly as eerie and unnatural as it&apos;s always made out to be. It wasn&apos;t panic-inducing, it didn&apos;t cause me to hallucinate. It was weird how absolutely directional the sound was in ways that are hard to explain, but it wasn&apos;t anything more than quirky. After about 10 minutes in there I didn&apos;t go crazy; I just got bored.

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