My husband (a Catholic) and I tried watching this movie, but I have to admit I got so twitchy I didn't make it to the end (he fell asleep).
I'm in my 50s, so it's not like I need metal-crunching, bone-breaking, thrill-a-minute cinema. But I just didn't see the insights or sense of holiness others saw in the film. It just made monasticism look grindingly boring. Except for the part with the monk who took care of the barn cats.
I loved this movie - it somehow captured my attention, while watching it in a somewhat cramped New York City apartment that my family was subletting. I thought it was all quite fascinating, not exciting, perhaps, but I imagine if my life were filmed it would be somewhat boring as well...
I saw this film in a theater in Manhattan. Every seat was occupied. The audience, after an initial "fluffing of feathers", settled into the film and was quiet and still for the entire length of the film. No popcorn, no candy wrappers, no whispers, no snores. The effect of sitting in that audience was as powerful as the effect of the film itself. I came away transformed by the beauty of my fellow New Yorkers, and by our hunger for and our willingness to at least visit the great silence.
My husband (a Catholic) and I tried watching this movie, but I have to admit I got so twitchy I didn't make it to the end (he fell asleep).
I'm in my 50s, so it's not like I need metal-crunching, bone-breaking, thrill-a-minute cinema. But I just didn't see the insights or sense of holiness others saw in the film. It just made monasticism look grindingly boring. Except for the part with the monk who took care of the barn cats.
Geez, I feel so shallow for saying this.
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June 13, 2009 11:43 AM
I loved this movie - it somehow captured my attention, while watching it in a somewhat cramped New York City apartment that my family was subletting. I thought it was all quite fascinating, not exciting, perhaps, but I imagine if my life were filmed it would be somewhat boring as well...
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June 27, 2009 8:41 AM
I saw this film in a theater in Manhattan. Every seat was occupied. The audience, after an initial "fluffing of feathers", settled into the film and was quiet and still for the entire length of the film. No popcorn, no candy wrappers, no whispers, no snores. The effect of sitting in that audience was as powerful as the effect of the film itself. I came away transformed by the beauty of my fellow New Yorkers, and by our hunger for and our willingness to at least visit the great silence.
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July 16, 2009 4:08 PM