‘Dunkirk’ – the fight to be heard

Sir, –The letter (August 26th) from Ken Crowley, regarding the audio level in cinemas, elicits my deepest sympathy.

My last foray to the cinema was to see that epitome of crash, bang, wallop films, Sense and Sensibility.

I reeled from the auditorium with my ears ringing – the trotting pony sounded like a scene from The Charge of the Light Brigade, and demure ladies like stentorian sergeant majors. I have not been back! – Yours, etc,

PAT O’GRADY,

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Cork.

Sir, – Perhaps, three-quarters of a century ago, your correspondent would have been asking someone, anyone, to “turn the bloody war down”?

Isn't the whole point of such a film as Dunkirk to make us reflect on our good fortune that the guns in our small corner of the world are at long last silent? – Yours, etc,

EOIN KIRWAN,

Clondalkin,

Dublin 22.