extra credit: sound of noise

In the movie, 'Sound of Noise' Amadeus grew up in a musical household and never fit in. His mother was a pianist, his father a conductor, and his younger brother was a violinist and grew up to become a conductor; Amadeus was a policeman. He was not accepted as successful in his profession and was even teased with musical jokes. Being tone-deaf from birth, he didn't have the ability to understand music like the rest of his family and it made him feel very inferior. Throughout the movie, music was destructive for him mentally and physically and seemed to consume his life. I could infer from his feelings towards music, that Amadeus probably never had a favorite song, and that is deep. Music brings people together and can have joyous affects of being light-hearted and whimsical. Someone would have to be quite emotionally scarred for music to have such a negative connotation in their life. The case he was assigned about the radical performances of the six drummers turned out to be very ironic to his particular relationship with music. The female of the group referred to their plan as a bomb and wanted to strike back because their city was contaminated by shitty music. The rebellious theme to this movie was entertaining and definitely kept things interesting. I also liked how creative their ideas and how unconventional the instruments were. The band considered their music making as a movement and a work of art; I couldn't agree more. Although the songs were a bit destructive, it was still a form of expression and could not easily be recreated. One line that was severely crossed was when one of the members used two air horns in close range of metal crates right in Amadeus's face, blowing his ear drums. Seeing the blood on his fingers from his ears was unnerving. When he went to the symphony he couldn't stand it, as well as everyday sounds were torturous for him. Towards the end of the movie he smashed dozens of instruments and had a mental breakdown; he had always said that all he wanted was silence. I wasn't quite sure how to interpret the way he couldn't hear the metal tray they had played on, and then he couldn't hear the patient or the one-eyed man after they had been played on as well. The end showed him peacefully in silence at his brother's symphony and it was like he had become immune to the sound of music. Overall it was a very well directed movie and I would recommend it to others.