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The Band That Met the Sound Beneath

2012 · 85 min

A slow, atmospheric journey through desert landscapes and creative struggle, punctuated by an earthquake's eerie timing.

Directed by
James June Schneider
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Sebastien Arce, Caroline Chaspoul, Juan Guillermo Dumay
Overview
In February, 2010, the renowned Chilean band Panico traveled through the desert of northern Chile to record an album in the Atacama desert. After two decades of punk and post-punk rock, these offspring of political exiles are themselves rocked by not only the strange sounds and voices of the north but by a major earthquake...

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Directed by
James June Schneider
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Sebastien Arce, Caroline Chaspoul, Juan Guillermo Dumay
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • isolation
  • identity
  • nature
  • memory
Places
  • wilderness
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism9
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
James June Schneider
Starring
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Cinematography
Benjamín Echazarreta
Runtime
85 min
Country
Chile, France
Languages
Spanish

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