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“Wivenhoe Park,” 1816, by John Constable. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Despite, or because of, our increasingly noisy world, we always long for the ideal: serenity. Public Domain
The new film “A Quiet Place” is an edge-of-your-seat tale about a family struggling to avoid being heard by monsters with hypersensitive ears. Conditioned by fear, they know the slightest noise will provoke a violent response, and almost certain death.
John Krasinski in “A Quiet Place.” Jonny Cournoyer/Paramount Pictures
