bela balazs

I found this article even more difficult to absorb than the Murch, but once I was able to trudge through the wordiness, I was able to appreciate Balazs's insight. I found his section "Educating the Ear" especially interesting, and thought he really got to the heart of why hearing things without seeing them can be scary, since sounds are innately harder for the human brain to identify than something that is seen.  what I also thought was interesting was that he was getting at the idea that silence can be much more varied and diverse than people realize, especially in the context of film.