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Alone With the Alonenew
Into Great Silence heralds the possibility of cinema as a sacramental art.
Tags: Into Great Silence, Philip Groning
Silence Is Chartreusenew
At once eerie, picaresque, and evocative, this is a daring and breathtakingly constructed documentary about the Carthusian monks of the French Alps, who have taken a vow of silence.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
04-26-2007 |
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Tags: Into Great Silence, Philip Groning
Slow Motion Devotionnew
Into Great Silence observes an abstruse, ascetic form of Catholicism. But the documentary achieves a quietude that a Zen practitioner might wordlessly admire.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-30-2007 |
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Tags: Into Great Silence, Philip Groning
