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"Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound" A masterpiece documentary directed by the sound editor himself Interview with director Midge Costin [Director's Interview Vol.85]
Dolby's entry into the movie business and Barbra Streisand's accomplishments
Q: I was also impressed by the fact that you mention that `` A Star is Born '' (1976), produced and starring Barbra Streisand, was the origin of Dolby Stereo (Note 2). This is because many people mistakenly believe that Star Wars (1977) was the first movie to use Dolby Stereo, and in Japan in particular, the film was released a year later than in the United States, and stereo print screenings were delayed. I think people think that way because it was released after the environment was fully prepared.
Kostin: I first learned about Barbra Streisand's contributions to film sound in an interview with Ioan Allen, an engineer at Dolby Laboratories. What was interesting was that Barbra herself was completely unaware that she was responsible for introducing Dolby Stereo to theaters.
Ioan advised Ray Dolby (founder of Dolby Laboratories) about Dolby's entry into film, where he had remained in the music world. Initially, Ray was not very enthusiastic about it and told Ioan that he would ask the film company and see if there was a demand for it.
Although movie companies were interested, they were reluctant to move to the Dolby system due to the enormous costs involved. However, when Ioan suggested it to Stanley Kubrick, who was working on A Clockwork Orange Orange (1971), and to Barbra, who was working on A Star Is Born, they both said yes and decided they wanted to use Dolby. is. Above all, at the time, Barbra was making a lot of money for major studios and was very popular, so it seems like the studios were okay with whatever she said.
Barbra seemed to think that Dolby stereo was commonplace at the time, and when I told her how important what she had accomplished in the history of film sound, she was surprised and thought that she thought of Kubrick and George He seems to have realized once again that he is an important person along with Lucas. However, Barbra does not receive the recognition she deserves for her many accomplishments in the film industry. While talented, edgy male directors like Christopher Nolan and Michael Mann are immediately hailed as geniuses, she hasn't received the respect she deserves for her incredible work.
(Note 2) A high-quality audio format developed by Dolby Laboratories. A method that converts the 4-channel audio from left, center, right, and rear into 2-channel audio and records it on the soundtrack. Stanley Kubrick used a noise reduction method called ``Dolby A type'' in ``A A Clockwork Orange,'' which was used in the sound mixing and recording process, and was not encoded in Dolby at the time of theatrical release. It was screened with no mono optical soundtrack.
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