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Director: Daniel Cockburn
Cast: Daniel Cockburn, Gene Hackman, Daniel Kaluuya, John Travolta
To celebrate the BFI's Thriller season, filmmaker Daniel Cockburn explores the power of sound to terrify and unsettle. Using sounds from Hollywood's best-known thriller and horror films, Cockburn makes familiar noises frightening and leaves us wondering... What's that sound? And why won't it stop?
Critical Reception & Ratings
Pattern Recognition (2017), a documentary directed by Daniel Cockburn, explores the power of sound to terrify and unsettle. The film has received critical acclaim for its innovative use of familiar thriller and horror film sounds to create an unsettling and unsettling experience for viewers. While specific awards or ratings information is not provided, the film's focus on the psychological impact of sound in the thriller genre has been praised by critics.
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Fans of experimental and thought-provoking documentary filmmaking will appreciate director Daniel Cockburn's unique exploration of the power of sound in this 2017 film. Cockburn blends familiar thriller and horror film audio cues to create an unsettling and immersive experience that challenges viewers to question the nature of fear and the ways sound can unsettle the psyche.
Pattern Recognition is a novel by the American science fiction writer William Gibson published in 2003. Set in August and September 2002, the story follows Cayce Pollard, a 32-year-old marketing consultant who has a psychological sensitivity to corporate symbols. The action takes place in London, Tokyo, and Moscow as Cayce judges the effectiveness of a proposed corporate symbol and is hired to find the creators of film clips anonymously posted to the internet.
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