Scorsese doesn't glorify martyrdom, and he doesn't even hate the killers. He makes death as blunt and dull and useless as a snapped pencil. The point is that there is no point.
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This review of Silence (2017) was written by Amy Nicholson and published by MTV on 13 Jan 2017.
Silence has generally received positive reviews.
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