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if the niece's silence gives intimate expression to a whole nation's resistance, Werner too, far from being demonised as a villain, himself becomes a dramatic embodiment of the tensions within occupied France. Jan 26, 2012
if the niece's silence gives intimate expression to a whole nation's resistance, Werner too, far from being demonised as a villain, himself becomes a dramatic embodiment of the tensions within occupied France.
Anton Bitel
Filmed in the most daring way imaginable, using a new cinematic language of transient expressions and glances, the film was a root influence on Bresson and the whole French New Wave. Mar 3, 2008 | Full Review…
Filmed in the most daring way imaginable, using a new cinematic language of transient expressions and glances, the film was a root influence on Bresson and the whole French New Wave.
Melville called it an "anti-cinematic" film, and he creates the expressiveness in what remains unspoken, the glances and gestures that take on grand drama in the minimalist presentation. Jun 21, 2015 | Full Review…
Melville called it an "anti-cinematic" film, and he creates the expressiveness in what remains unspoken, the glances and gestures that take on grand drama in the minimalist presentation.
Sean Axmaker
Although the movie's narrative and acting style are typical of older films, "Le Silence de la Mer" has a modern sensibility and feel, embracing subtlety and ambiguity in a way that was idiosyncratic at the time. Jun 13, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Although the movie's narrative and acting style are typical of older films, "Le Silence de la Mer" has a modern sensibility and feel, embracing subtlety and ambiguity in a way that was idiosyncratic at the time.
Eric Melin
The Occupation and its effects on people's emotional lives are recurrent themes in Melville's work, which has inspired the likes of Bresson, Astruc, Resnais and Rohmer. Mar 3, 2008 | Full Review…
The Occupation and its effects on people's emotional lives are recurrent themes in Melville's work, which has inspired the likes of Bresson, Astruc, Resnais and Rohmer.
Film4 Staff
Jean-Pierre Melville's great, too little-remembered debut, and a classic example of circumstance leading to aesthetic advance. Mar 3, 2008 | Full Review…
Jean-Pierre Melville's great, too little-remembered debut, and a classic example of circumstance leading to aesthetic advance.
Fernando F. Croce
Requisite viewing for any student of post-war French cinema. Jul 27, 2007 | Full Review…
Requisite viewing for any student of post-war French cinema.
Matt Bailey
Melville's film is stimulating and perplexing. Apr 14, 2003 | Rating: A | Full Review…
Melville's film is stimulating and perplexing.
Dennis Schwartz
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