ABSTRACT
Film sound has seen some radical developments in both technological and aesthetic terms over the last thirty years or so. The traditional basic speaker system in cinemas in many cases has been replaced in many by a multispeaker system which involves a signifi cant spatialization of fi lm sound allied to a remarkable improvement in sound defi nition. These changes augur an altered psychology at the heart of much new cinema, instilled by sound’s increased importance for fi lms.
