How A24's 'Warfare' got the sound of war right

What happens when you remove the music and let the chaos speak for itself?
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Scene from A24's 'Warfare'
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Warfare skips the soundtrack and drops viewers straight into the chaos of combat, using only sound design to build its intensity. Co-directed by a former Navy SEAL, the film recreates real missions with unsettling accuracy—right down to the snap of a bullet overhead. This episode of How It Hits breaks down how silence, noise, and memory create one of the most immersive war films in recent memory.

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