wordless

With the help of a wordless Los Angeles Master Chorale, Reid tells the story through ever-surprising instrumental evocation.

A few days before the LP was due, he switched up the end of “Jungleland,” adding more emphasis on the final line as well as anguished, wordless howls.

And it is this focus on the feeling of wordless understanding that guides Erizku’s approach to creation.

When “Flow,” a wordless Latvian film about a cat’s journey after a monstrous flood, was announced as the winner of the animated feature category, screams filled the room.

Sounds like the makings of a joke, but when the waters start to rise, this simple, wordless tale deepens into a warm-blooded epic about teamwork and survival.