Citation :
« Because the space within the frame contains little to hold our interest, our attention is drawn to the source of the sounds emanating from off-screen locations. By placing so much of the content of the film in the off-screen sound and by using shots of prolonged durations, Epp suggests the notion of absence that resides in photographic representation. »
-- R. Bruce Elder

Source :
ELDER, R. Bruce. Image and Identity: Reflections on Canadian Film and Culture, Waterloo, Ont., Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1989. [en anglais] (p. 288)