Ever wondered what a 'dangerously aroused' goblin sounded like or having
a red hot poker inserted into the vagina of a witch? Hopefully not, but
if you have and it's in a movie then "Berberian Sound Studio" should go
some way to explaining it. Peter Strickland's film is set entirely in
the studio of the title or in the drab little room where its 'hero'
Gilderoy is staying. He's in Italy to record the sound effects for a
horror film called "The Equestrian Vortex" and the experience
isn't doing him any good at all. Indeed poor Gilderoy is taking all of
this very much to heart and by the end neither he, nor us, can be sure
of what's real and what isn't.Cinephiles should appreciate "Berberian Sound Studio" more than your run-of-the-mill Saturday night crowd. After all, it's a film about making a film and they are more than likely to get the references to Dario Argento and Brian DePalma and even to Antonioni's "Blow Up". I found it both funny and unsettling and I admired its technical virtuosity and Toby Jones' superb performance as the sad little sound recordist going way off the rails but I'm not too sure it's a movie I would want to sit through again, at least not anytime soon.
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