{"id":94775,"date":"2024-01-10T15:10:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T22:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=94775"},"modified":"2024-01-10T15:10:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T22:10:09","slug":"silence-the-1963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=94775","title":{"rendered":"Silence, The (1963)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;How nice that we don&#8217;t understand one another.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Poster-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-94776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Poster-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Poster-180x270.png 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Poster.png 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA pair of sisters (Ingrid Thulin and Gunnel Lindblom) travel by train with Thulin&#8217;s son (J\u00f6rgen Lindstr\u00f6m) to an unnamed Central European country, where the increasingly ailing Lindblom is cared for by an elderly doorman, Thulin has an affair with a man she meets at a bar, and Lindstr\u00f6m wanders the halls of their hotel.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ingmar Bergman Films<\/li>\n<li>Scandinavian Films<\/li>\n<li>Siblings <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThe third entry in Ingmar Bergman&#8217;s informal mid-career trilogy about the complexities of love and connection &#8212; following <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=87951\"><em>Through a Glass Darkly<\/em> (1961)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=94778\"><em>Winter Light<\/em> (1963)<\/a> &#8212; was this surreal chamber piece taking place primarily on a train and in a hotel, where individuals struggle to communicate with one another and make sense of the world around them. It&#8217;s unclear whether Lindblom and Thulin are meant to be lovers or even (symbolically speaking) two sides of the same person (the latter actually makes more sense): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Sisters.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Sisters.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1004\" height=\"721\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Sisters.png 1004w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Sisters-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Sisters-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Sisters-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Sisters-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Two-Sisters2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Two-Sisters2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"995\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Two-Sisters2.png 995w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Two-Sisters2-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Two-Sisters2-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Two-Sisters2-768x553.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Two-Sisters2-375x270.png 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; with Lindblom erupting defiantly in sensuality: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Lovers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Lovers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"999\" height=\"729\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Lovers.png 999w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Lovers-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Lovers-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Lovers-768x560.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Lovers-370x270.png 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Thulin imploding from an unnamed illness:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Illness2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Illness2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1005\" height=\"713\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Illness2.png 1005w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Illness2-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Illness2-128x91.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Illness2-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Illness2-381x270.png 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Lindstr\u00f6m (the neutral child observer) taking everything in. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Boy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Boy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1001\" height=\"721\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Boy.png 1001w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Boy-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Boy-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Boy-768x553.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Boy-375x270.png 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The film was primarily notorious upon its release for its sexually explicit nature &#8212; though its content is downright tame by today&#8217;s standards. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-How-Nice.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-How-Nice.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"999\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-How-Nice.png 999w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-How-Nice-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-How-Nice-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-How-Nice-768x551.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-How-Nice-376x270.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those who enjoy weird imagery and symbology will have a field day, given that Lindstr\u00f6m encounters a group of traveling dwarfs who put him in a dress: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Dwarfs-Dress.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Dwarfs-Dress.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"996\" height=\"711\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Dwarfs-Dress.png 996w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Dwarfs-Dress-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Dwarfs-Dress-128x91.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Dwarfs-Dress-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Dwarfs-Dress-378x270.png 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; is cared for by a questionable elderly staff person (who speaks an unknown language): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Elderly-Man.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Elderly-Man.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"999\" height=\"725\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Elderly-Man.png 999w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Elderly-Man-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Elderly-Man-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Elderly-Man-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Elderly-Man-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 999px) 100vw, 999px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and watches as a military tank rattles down the deserted street outside their hotel room while his aunt lies prone. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Tank.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Tank.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1003\" height=\"723\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Tank.png 1003w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Tank-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Tank-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Tank-768x554.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Tank-375x270.png 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Prone.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Prone.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"725\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Prone.png 1000w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Prone-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Prone-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Prone-768x557.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Prone-372x270.png 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You will have to decide for yourself whether this is the type of film you get immersed in, or simply watch with curiosity (or boredom). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sven Nykvist&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Boy-Aunt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Boy-Aunt.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1009\" height=\"688\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Boy-Aunt.png 1009w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Boy-Aunt-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Boy-Aunt-128x87.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Boy-Aunt-768x524.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Boy-Aunt-396x270.png 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Window.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Window.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1007\" height=\"717\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Window.png 1007w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Window-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Window-128x91.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Window-768x547.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Silence-Window-379x270.png 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; you can skip this one unless you&#8217;re a diehard Bergman fan. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0057611\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/current\/posts\/297-the-silence\">Criterion Essay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;How nice that we don&#8217;t understand one another.&#8221; Synopsis: A pair of sisters (Ingrid Thulin and Gunnel Lindblom) travel by train with Thulin&#8217;s son (J\u00f6rgen Lindstr\u00f6m) to an unnamed Central European country, where the increasingly ailing Lindblom is cared for by an elderly doorman, Thulin has an affair with a man she meets at a bar, and Lindstr\u00f6m wanders the halls of their hotel. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Ingmar Bergman Films Scandinavian Films Siblings Review: The third entry in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=94775\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94775"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94825,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94775\/revisions\/94825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}