Oddly enough, Dix-sept minutes is almost exactly seventeen minutes long. And while it contains a lot of clock noises, including but by no means limited to ticking and chiming, those sounds are only part of a rich and complex tapestry that also includes acoustic instruments (single notes only), voices (mostly choir sounds inside a cathedral), water, dogs barking, and kids’ toys (at least that whirring sound near the beginning reminds me of a spinning toy I used to have—could also be a clock sound, yes). While a very different sound world from the credo and the gloria—except for a yell and some out-of-breath panting near the end—it has the all the variety and subtlety one associates with Chion.

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