“The History of Sound” is a gay love story in which no one ever comes out and says what’s on their minds. We get why. The film is set in the early 20th century, and its two lead characters start off as polite, buttoned-down music students in New England, not exactly the sort of people who get up in the morning with an inner cry of “We’re here! We’re queer! Get used to our awards buzz!” Nevertheless, for this sort of movie to work, the scenes need to vibrate with an inner emotional hum. They can’t just dawdle and meander into some flat zone of prosaic free-floating “suggestiveness.”
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