Overview

• MUBI will release The History of Sound in U.S. theaters on September 12.
• At the New York premiere, Paul Mescal said the film is about love and real connection, noting he and Josh O’Connor worked with an intimacy coordinator and fundamentally trust each other.
• Director Oliver Hermanus said he intentionally pared back explicit sex to depict queer relationships as more than hookups.
• Festival Q&As have driven attention, with O’Connor recounting a spit-in-scene moment that drew laughs at Telluride.
• The film premiered at Cannes earlier this year and continues its press push, as Mescal’s profile rises with work preparing to play Paul McCartney in Sam Mendes’ Beatles project.