Sound of Noise

2012 "The first musical cop movie"
7.2| 1h42m| R| en| More Info
Released: 09 March 2012 Released
Producted By: Canal+
Country: Sweden
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A tone-deaf cop works to track down a group of guerilla percussionists whose anarchic public performances are terrorizing the city.

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SnoopyStyle Amadeus Warnebring is a police detective. He is tone-deaf from birth despite coming from a family of extraordinary musicians. As such, he has a complicated and distasteful relationship with music. Sanna and Magnus lead a group of underground musicians looking for new sounds. They break into a hospital and play a famous patient. Amadeus is brought in to investigate the "terrorists".This is much more fun on the page. The musical capers have a certain energy but they do get tired by the end. The deadpan humor is not the funniest but I see what they're trying for. It has great originality and the percussive fun of the Blue Man Group. Full marks for the idea if not for the execution.
Christian The first scene in the car is unforgettable and brilliant. The character intros are clichés but work well and bring out assured laughs. The premise is far-fetched but ingenious. Art and music terrorism is well explored and the points well taken, although the anarchist approach relies too much on the opposition to classical music in my taste as opposed to perhaps seeing it as an extension or evolution. Classical music is demonized and various forms of pop are frown upon, yet the final song which may be the best one is a popish bossa nova ballad.The acts of terrorism are in 4 acts of a musical mastermind mayhem. The first one works the best in all aspects and especially musically while the 3 others like the rest of the movie starts to drag. Narratively, some elements are very weak and even if it is a wacky comedy makes for uninteresting moments and unreal connections. I was annoyed at many situations, reactions and characters which may be the case for some viewers.However this film should still be seen for its inventive premise and many memorable scenes. Some scenes are beautiful and some are truly laugh out loud funny. Have a look at it and decide if you want to fast-forward some of it or claim it to be the next best thing like the Young Critics at Cannes and many others did.And let there be silence.
Matthew Stechel Sound of Noise actually manages the very rare feat of laying out a unique spin on the detective/police procedural format. Oh the elements are there, there's a cop, there's a band of "terrorists" who are always two steps ahead, there's a personal connection between the acts of the terrorists and the detective's home life, there's a very neat cat and mouse game between the detective and the leader of the terrorists (who happens to be a blond woman) but of course the fact that the band of terrorists are all frustrated musicians and that the act of terror they're spreading is musical based (they get together at various locations and "play" any object that's around--staging these very performance art like set pieces in areas and pretty much annoying the heck out of everyone who happens to be around) This movie is definitely far more original then any other cop movie is these days. (well any that i can think of as of the time i'm writing this at least) Of course none of that originality wouldn't mean anything if the pacing of the movie weren't tight, or if the lead character's personal life weren't also interesting, or if the suspense of what the detective is actually going to do once he captures this band of terrorists (or even if he wants to capture them given his personal background) I have to give a lot of credit to this movie for being pretty original in that even with a well worn format i still had little idea where the movie was ultimately going to go--and if the last ten or twenty minutes don't exactly play out the way you'd like them to--that's pretty OK because quite honestly i'm not sure i could've come up with a better ending either. (and really the more i think about it the more i quite like the ending--it very much matches the tone and events of what came before and what we've come to know about the 2 leading characters throughout the movie) Will this movie hold up on repeat viewing? i'd like to think so--even if the frustrated musical terrorists ultimately become annoying---i really really really quite enjoyed the detective's back story and how his back story plays into his need to capture this band of terrorists. Its actually kind of a cute love story in a way, a bizarre one, but definitely a cute one. About that background of the cop tho---when you read the following sentence--you're reaction to it should indicate whether you'd be charmed or annoyed by this film. The lead detective happens to not especially care for music because he comes from a family of well known music lovers--his brother is a conductor for the local symphony while he himself is rather tone deaf and clueless about what makes good music--so of course it should fall to him to stop this musical band of terrorists from spreading their own brand of "music" around town. I'm telling you right now--if that bit of whimsy makes you wanna hit your computer screen then this movie is definitely not for you--but then again what are you doing looking at these user comments here in the first place if not to check this one out a little bit???
jotix100 Amadeus Warnebring was born to a musical family. The only problem early in his life Amadeus the family realize he is deaf. As there is no future in music for him, Amadeus decides to become a policeman. As a detective he is able to function because his ability to read lips, thus he is able to make a career as a detective when we first meet him.Sanna Persson, a woman with an ambition to do her own kind of music, is not exactly what one would expect. Her music is eclectic and different. She is the composer of a musical project "Music for the City and Six Drummers" a complex undertaking to create music using the most bizarre methods. Helped by Magnus, she embarks on a journey to recruit men capable of playing the most outrageous instruments besides the drums. Their tactics baffle everyone and the police, who consider they are simply terrorists.This wonderful Swedish comedy was jointly directed by Ola Simonsson and Johannes Stjarne Nilsson. The main idea seems to be questioning our tastes in music. While Amadeus comes from a classical musicians, the great conductor Oscar Warnebring is Amadeus' brother, the creators are merely asking why are we so against to listen to music that appears to be strange to our ears. Sanna and her group want to incorporate everyday sounds into compositions that while different, are not completely horrible. In fact, there are cadences in some of the pieces that are even tuneful.Amadeus' own world is silence, and yet, he can understand what Sanna and the band are trying to accomplish. Bengt Nilsson gives a good performance as the deaf detective. Sanna Persson appeared in the directors' own "Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers", which seem to have been the basis for this full length feature.Shot in and around Malmo, Sweden, which the cinematographer Charlotta Tengroth captures for our enjoyment. The music was created by Fred Avril, Magnus Borgeson and Six Drummers. The film does not disappoint.