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* GrossUpCloseUp: Lots of close-up shots of rotting vegetables.
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* ArcWords: ''Silenzio''.


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* {{Giallo}}: The ShowWithinAShow, though the movie itself also has many characteristics of the genre (the strange lighting, the black-gloved HandOfDeath and Gilderoy being a Brit in a cast of Italians.
* HellIsThatNoise: Arguably where most of the horror comes from.


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* SurrealHorror: The movie itself, and possibly ''The Equestrian Vortex'' as well, which includes such locations as "the secret equestrian library" and "the poultry tunnel." Mostly it just comes across as a cross between Argento's ''Film/{{Suspiria}}'' and Bava's ''Film/BlackSunday''.
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* XMeetsY: It's ''TheConversation'' meets ''MulhollandDrive''.



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* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** Timid Gilderoy is Melancholic
** Dyspeptic Francesco is Choleric
** Santini is Sanguine
** Veronica is Phlegmatic
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* ItsNotPornItsArt: Santini takes this view of bringing [[Gorn his vision]] of "the truth" to life.

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* ItsNotPornItsArt: Santini takes this view of bringing [[Gorn [[{{Gorn}} his vision]] vision of "the truth" to life.life]].
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* ItsNotPornItsArt: Santini takes this view of bringing [[Gorn his vision of "the truth" to life]].

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* ItsNotPornItsArt: Santini takes this view of bringing his vision of "the truth" to life.

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* ItsNotPornItsArt: Santini takes this view of bringing [[Gorn his vision of "the truth" to life.life]].


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* ThoseTwoGuys: Massimo and Massimo, two sound technicians who are incredibly adept at chopping up vegetables. One of the Massimo's bears more than a passing resemblance to Creator/LucioFulci
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* ArtifactTitle: ''The Equestrian Vortex''. "She's just not riding a horse any more".

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* ArtifactTitle: ''The Equestrian Vortex''. "She's "It's about a horse-riding girl. She's just not riding a horse any more".
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* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler: It must have been the magpies]].
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* ChainsawGood: In the ShowWithinAShow; Gilderoy has to recreate the sound of a chainsaw chopping through a body.
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* SoundFXTropes: ''Berberian Sound Studio'' wears most of these tropes with pride. Much of the film is devoted to showing Gilderoy and company recreating complex sound effects with nothing but watermelons, radishes, food blenders and light bulbs.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: In-universe; Santini insists that the events of the ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Equestrian Vortex]]'' really did happen and it's his duty to inform the world, no matter how much sex and violence he has to stuff into his film. Gilderoy isn't convinced.

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* MindScrew: The last third of the film. [[spoiler: Increasingly out of touch with reality, Gilderoy loses LipLock and becomes dubbed in Italian and eventually dissolves into the celluloid]].




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* XMeetsY: It's ''TheConversation'' meets ''MulhollandDrive''.

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* ExtremeDoormat: Gilderoy, if only because he's too polite to assert himself at first. As the film progresses, the previously admiring film producers turn on him and cause him to progressively unravel.



* ValuesDissonance: Gilderoy is shocked by the violent content of the film, whilst everyone else has a completely blasé attitude to it.

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* ValuesDissonance: Gilderoy is shocked by the violent content of the film, whilst everyone else has a completely blasé attitude to it.
it. To a lesser extent, Gilderoy is completely ineffectual at getting his expenses paid because he's far too polite.
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* ValuesDissonance: Gilderoy is shocked by the violent content of the film, whilst everyone else has a completely blasé attitude to it.
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* {{Minimalism}}: Two locations (the sound studio itself and Gilderoy's bedroom, which may well be in the same building), four main speaking parts and a tiny smattering of extras.
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* CastingCouch: Santini apparently recruits half his films this way, much to the annoyance of the rest of his staff.

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* CastingCouch: Santini apparently recruits half his films cast this way, much to the annoyance of the rest of his staff.
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* ArtifactTitle: ''TheEquesntrianVotrex''. "She's just not riding a horse any more".

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* ArtifactTitle: ''TheEquesntrianVotrex''.''The Equestrian Vortex''. "She's just not riding a horse any more".
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* ArtifactTitle: ''TheEquesntrianVotrex''. "She's just not riding a horse any more".
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* ShoutOut: As well as the plot sounding like DavidLynch would come up with, we're repeatedly shown a flashing red sign saying "[[MulhollandDrive Silenzio]]".
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* TechnologyPorn: There are a ''lot'' of detailed close-up shots of the sound equipment.

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* AnimatedCreditsOpening: The films TitleSequence is actually that of the ShowWithinAShow ''The Equestrian Vortex''.

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* AnimatedCreditsOpening: The films TitleSequence TitleSequence, done very much in the authentic 70's style, is actually that of the ShowWithinAShow ''The Equestrian Vortex''.


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* ColdBloodedTorture: Santini's film is full of this, and Gilderoy is the one tasked with bringing the sound effects to life.

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* {{Adorkable}}: Gilderoy, at least at first.
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* ItsNotPornItsArt: Santini takes this view of bringing his vision of "the truth" to life.
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* AnimatedCreditsOpening: The films' TitleSequence is actually that of the ShowWithinAShow ''The Equestrian Vortex''.

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* {{Chiaroscuro}}:

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* {{Chiaroscuro}}:{{Chiaroscuro}}: All over the place, but especially the scenes done on the sound stage.



* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Equestrian Vortex'', the film Gilderoy is working on.

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* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Equestrian Vortex'', the film Gilderoy is working on.on.

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Part-psychological drama and part-homage to cult Italian horror and the forgotten lore of analogue sound production, ''Berberian Sound Studio'' tells the story of Gilderoy, a mild-mannered English sound engineer who's contracted to work in Rome on the sound effects to an [[{{Giallo}} Italian horror film]]. However, he's more used to making gentle recordings of wildlife, and the relentlessly sexually violent soundtrack he's producing begins to have a profound effect on him.

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Part-psychological drama thriller and part-homage to cult Italian horror and the forgotten lore of analogue sound production, ''Berberian Sound Studio'' tells the story of Gilderoy, a mild-mannered English sound engineer who's contracted to work in Rome on the sound effects to an [[{{Giallo}} Italian horror film]]. However, he's more used to making gentle recordings of wildlife, and the relentlessly sexually violent soundtrack he's producing begins to have a profound effect on him.



* AnimatedCreditsOpening: The films' TitleSequence is actually that of the ShowWithinAShow

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* AnimatedCreditsOpening: The films' TitleSequence is actually that of the ShowWithinAShowShowWithinAShow ''The Equestrian Vortex''.



--> "Francesco''' (on the new actresses poor performance): You see what happens when you direct with your dick?

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--> "Francesco''' '''Francesco''' (on the new actresses actress' poor performance): You see what happens when you direct with your dick?



* FishOutOfWater: Not only is Gilderoy in a foreign country knowing next to nothing of the language and customs, but he's completely out of his emotional depth with the films content.



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* ShowWithinAShow:ShowWithinAShow: ''The Equestrian Vortex'', the film Gilderoy is working on.

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* AnimatedCreditsOpening: The films OpeningSequence is actually that of ShowWithinAShow
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* AnimatedCreditsOpening: The films OpeningSequence films' TitleSequence is actually that of the ShowWithinAShow
* CastingCouch:CastingCouch: Santini apparently recruits half his films this way, much to the annoyance of the rest of his staff.
--> "Francesco''' (on the new actresses poor performance): You see what happens when you direct with your dick?
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Part-psychological drama and part-homage to cult Italian horror and the forgotten lore of analogue sound production, ''Berberian Sound Studio'' tells the story of Gilderoy, a mild-mannered English sound engineer who's contracted to work in Rome on the sound effects to an [[{{Giallo}} Italian horror film]]. However, he's more used to making gentle recordings of wildlife, and the relentlessly sexually violent soundtrack he's producing begins to have a profound effect on him.

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* AnimatedCreditsOpening: The films OpeningSequence is actually that of ShowWithinAShow
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* MummysBoy: Gilderoy. The letters she sends him reveal he still lives with her, despite being at least 40.
* TheSeventies: The setting. If anything, this film is even more drenched in the period than Toby Jones' other recent outing in ''Film/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy''
* ShowWithinAShow:

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