In this contemplative documentary from filmmaker philip groning, the grande chartreuse monastery opens its doors to the public for the first time since being founded by st. Popular videos into great silence into great silence topic. At once eerie, picaresque, evocative, and utterly alien to the reality most viewers inhabit, into great silence is a daring and breathtakingly constructed documentary dream. Its an experience from within a repetitive, spiritual existence, rather than an. Into great silence is an odyssey, or perhaps a pilgrimage, into a world of such silence. With john savage, sandi schultz, richard castleman, jennifer loeb. The idea of into great silence is to plunge viewers into the contemplative, solitary state that the monks enjoyor perhaps endure. The tone remains precise and consistent, but these moments navigate into great silence to a state of both enlivened permanence and vibrant grace. The movie has no narrator, no added music or effects, only a few hours of the monks, who have taken a vow of silence, going about their daily lives. Bruno in 1084 to offer an intimate look at a lifestyle rarely experienced by those outside of the brotherhood.
The great silence il grande silenzio 1968 rotten tomatoes. It is an intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of carthusian monks of the grande chartreuse, high in the french alps chartreuse mountains. In this documentary, the lives of the pious monks of grande chartreuse. The great silence is an entertaining spaghetti western that is raised a notch, not only because of its wintry setting and an absolutely stunning ending, but also its being grounded in a politcal. It is an intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of carthusian monks of the grande chartreuse, a monastery high in the french alps chartreuse mountains.
Mar 30, 2012 into great silence is a documentary on the carthusian monks, one of the most ascetic religious orders in the catholic church, and one of my favorite movies of all time. With jeanlouis trintignant, klaus kinski, frank wolff, vonetta mcgee. Ingmar bergman heard the silence of god as a stoic reprimand, but in this documentary about the carthusian monks who live in the french. Mantra sounds into silence is a featurelength documentary that explores the musical and social phenomenon of chant and response meditation. Your full list of all upcoming marvel movies with key details.
Here is a film that dares to explore the possibility of finding god, of a god who is there for those who seek him with their whole hearts. Ultimately, into great silence reveals itself to be about nothing less than the presence of god. This documentary about an ascetic monastery is one of the most mesmerizing and poetic chronicles of spirituality ever created. Into great silence 2007 sixteen years after making his initial request, filmmaker philip groning travels to the grande chartreuse, a monastery nestled deep in the french alps. Deciding to use them to draw out silence, the gang herds the bandits into the saloon and captures pauline. Groning spent six months living with the monks of the eremitical carthusian order at the grand chartreuse charterhouse, or monastery, in the french alps. With no artificial light, no additional music, no commentary and near to no dialogue, into great silence, a film 21 years in the making, achieves the remarkable through its masterful congruence of content and form creating the monastery itself for 160 minutes inside the viewer, and transforming the cinema auditorium into a sacral space. Feb 21, 2007 popular videos into great silence into great silence topic. An examination of life inside the grande chartreuse, the head monastery of the reclusive. In fact, it is what makes the story so poignant and enlightening.
Loco and his gang arrive to look for silence, just as the outlaws appear at the edge of town to collect the provisions, having been previously advised to do so by burnett. Bertha dochouse into great silence documentary film still. A memoir of discovery and loss among vanishing orcas full colection. Philip groning he traveled extensively through south america and studied medicine and psychology before turning to filmmaking in 1982, when he signed up for studies at the munich film school hff.
Mar 16, 2007 into great silence is an odyssey, or perhaps a pilgrimage, into a world of such silence. An examination of life inside the grande chartreuse, the head monastery of the reclusive carthusian order in france. Some movies are designed to create an experience rather than convey information, and how viewers react to those movies depends greatly on how much they appreciate being where theyre taken. Into great silence unfolds with its own gentle, unforced rhythms, designed, as german filmmaker philip groning has said, to be less a documentary than a meditation. Philip gronings into great silence is pure cinema at its purest and most exalted. Into great silence is an amazingly lyrical film that goes some way to. For related resources and a discussion guide visit influence film clubs into great silence page. Cinematic experiences dont get much more uncompromising than philip gronings documentary into great silence, which spends more than two and a half hours recording the rituals of carthusian monks in the.
Into great silence is a documentary film directed by philip groning that was released in 2005. The life of carthusian monks in the monastery le grande chartreuse, near grenoble, france. So much so that the more restless among us may find themselves nodding off. Into great silence 2005 directed by philip groning. All things considered, gronings greatest gift might be illustrating how silence can polarize so many of us yet create solace for a distinct few. Into great silence is a documentary on the carthusian monks, one of the most ascetic religious orders in the catholic church, and one of my favorite movies of all time. Overview of into great silence, 2006, directed by philip groning, with at turner classic movies. Dec 31, 2006 the result is the 164minute into great silence, a meditation on lives given over to poverty, prayer and solitude. Oct 24, 2007 the life of carthusian monks in the monastery le grande chartreuse, near grenoble, france. Interview with philip groning the director of into great silence discusses life at the grande chartreuse monastery, the presence of god in the world, and his awardwinning film sdg original source.
It is a literal going into great silence yet the lack of dialogue and sound is not a bad thing. A young man has mysterious encounters with an unknown woman, an ominous hearse, and other supernatural events on the road during an aimless drive around louisiana after the funeral of his father. Read the into great silence movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing into the great silence near you.
One of the most mesmerizing and poetic chronicles of spirituality ever created, into great silence dissolves the border between screen and audience with a total immersion into the hush of. In 1984, german filmmaker philip groning wrote to the carthusian order for permission to make a documentary about them. A mute gunfighter defends a young widow and a group of outlaws against a gang of bounty killers in the winter of 1898, and a grim, tense struggle unfolds. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing into great silence near you. A threehour documentary trailing a group of mute carthusian monks living in the french alps wake up. I would say that generally community is lacking in western society as a whole.
So many spiritually aware films the seventh seal, crimes and misdemeanors are about gods absence or silence. The result is the 164minute into great silence, a meditation on lives given over to poverty, prayer and solitude. Into great silence 2007 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. One of the most mesmerizing and poetic chronicles of spirituality ever created, into great silence dissolves the border between screen and audience with a total immersion into the hush of monastic life. The subject matter, chronicling the carthusian monks at the grande chartreuse monastery in france, dissolves into a charming and poetic cinema of light, shadows and above all, simplicity. The idea for the film was proposed to the monks in 1984, but the carthusians said they wanted time to think about it.