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Into Great Silence (2005)

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Summary: This documentary about an ascetic monastery is one of the most mesmerizing and poetic chronicles of spirituality ever created. More meditation than documentary, it's a rare, transformative theatrical experience for all. (Zeitgeist Films)
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AKA: Große Stille, Die
Directed By: Philip Gröning
Written By: Philip Gröning
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na toro913
72
T7
na dirtyzen
75
T9
na monte
90
T8
na kyle.loomis
8
T9
na FitFortDanga
70
T4
A unique piece of work, but it certainly has its drawbacks. Although there are a few interesting bits for the most it's pretty much exactly what you would expect it to be. It's basically the cinematic equivalent of new age music... unless you want to spend the time just reflecting, reading a description of the movie is a fair substitute for watching it. But Gröning definitely achieved what he set out to do, and the film does allow for a lot of reflection if that's what you're looking for.
na Coheed
80
T9
na georgia sam
90
T9
na chicaneer
70
T5
na CHOICECOD
50
T1
na Empire
4
T8
na negative
2
T6
na alsolikelife
3
T9
na SlantMag
40
T10
"A 162-minute journey into a cloistered world of ritualistic repetition, always with the promise of revelation and transcendence." - Keith Uhlich
na Icarus
70
T5
The opportunity to look into the otherworldly lives of these monks is a wonderful opportunity. Groning mixes silence with images of stark (and occasionally lush) beauty in and around the monastery. That said, the best moments in the film are those when we get to hear the monks speak, due in part I think to the lack of real formal structure to the piece. This sense of randomness in most of the sequencing and editing seems to be at odds with the strictly regimented lives of the monks themselves.
na IMDb-byvotes
71
T6
na wisseh
75
T7
na avgcrtckr
65
T7
na Mr.Ocean
80
T7
na TartanLlama
40
T3
na simajudas
98
T10
na rant1229
80
T8
na Guernica
62
T7
na Viva Vox
15
T1
na sengir
77
T4
na LRibeiro
74
T5
na bloodsome
85
T8
na harmoniak
76
T3
na imdb
71
T8
na jewellrunner
91
T10
na hdm
50
T3
na Symeon
95
T9
na Jonis
80
T9
na JakeAesthete
41
T4
na RNG
67
T7
na Kiitoksia
81
T3
na burhenn
50
T2
na eveelun
62
T3
Man, this is slow. Don't get me wrong, it's a fascinating topic and it's got some beautiful photography. But the film's approach - to plunge head first without much context other than repeated biblical verses, to show scene after scene of praying and bell-chiming - is a bit too much; sitting in a theater and hearing all the seat-shifting, coughing, and whispering was kind of annoying. I didn't find the result to be that profound (except for, ironically, the few dialogue scenes).
na wokelstein
97
T10
na coffee
77
T7
na volver
65
T6
na BaldTony
100
T8
na SaiSaiSai
70
T5
na filmaffinity
67
T6
na flowing
34
T1
na kangadoodoo
55
T4
na BillySoy
100
T10
na JamesG
93
T9
na TJ Ximenez
100
T9
na unclejessie
93
T7
na rsinparis
97
T8
na rafalko6
7
T3
na redmdb
89
T7
na emtilt
72
T7
na schnofel
65
T6
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