Abstract:This chapter explores the particularities of the soundtrack in Zama and The Headless Woman, taking into consideration some techniques in the use of sound effects and ambient sounds that are employed repeatedly. It pays special attention to the offscreen sounds, which build the world as the presence/absence of the other, in addition to showing themselves as non-diegetic sounds: sounds that do not occur in the world of the characters; an invasion that, in previous films, had not yet appeared so prominently. Thes… Show more
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