Sound of Thunder. Visual landscapes and soundscapes in American cinema Around Sound

We are all Americans in one way or another. Our sentimental and cultural memory is composed of both what we experience in life and what we contemplate and hear: whether we like it or not, we function as receivers of the images and sounds that come from the United States. The country has a very short history, and perhaps that is why it re-enters into a series of recognisable archetypes to give meaning and roots to a vast and insurmountable land. The cinema is the best vehicle to convey these tropes: the image of the USA is mediatized through certain landscapes, but also by countless sounds and music that give substance to it, which then explains the philosophy of a nation. We will delve into these elements in this seminar and we will go on an audiovisual expedition to this mythical and iconic America through the filmmakers who are the most adept at knowing how to portray it.