Australian film Canopy tries to convey terror of war through a soundscape

By Karl Quinn
Updated April 23 2014 - 11:13am, first published 3:00am
Director Aaron Wilson with actors Khan Chittenden (who plays the Australian pilot Jim) and Tzu-yi Mo (the Chinese-Singaporean soldier Seng).
Director Aaron Wilson with actors Khan Chittenden (who plays the Australian pilot Jim) and Tzu-yi Mo (the Chinese-Singaporean soldier Seng).
The film is set in the jungle of Singapore in 1942.
The film is set in the jungle of Singapore in 1942.
A still from the film.
A still from the film.

Never mind a minute's silence to remember Australia's fallen. Aaron Wilson's World War II film Canopy has 84 of them in which barely a word is spoken.