Episode 17: 32 Sounds

Sam Green want you to put our headphones on and close your eyes

In 32 Sounds, director Sam Green listens. He listens to the last male bird of a dying species chirp for a mate that will never arrive. He listens to a man who can almost hear the voices of dead lovers and friends. He listens to a musician who burned a piano in her youth for art and now records underwater sounds. And he spends a day with a foley artist who manipulates a shammy to mimic the sounds of fighting, fucking and feasting.

In exploring the “phenomenon of sound through 32 specific sonic experiences,” Green writes, “these experiences coalesce into a larger meditation on the ephemeral nature of sound, taking the audience on a journey through time, space, cultures, and species.”

In this episode, I talk to Green and Joanna Fang, a foley artist who worked on Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022), Clifford the Big Red Dog, In the Heights and other films.