Review of Silence (2017) by Knox M — 19 Aug 2017

T the height of his 74 years Martin Scorsese returns to a theme already touching on his filmography, faith, with a dream of being a priest as a boy, Scorsese dominates the subject and enchants the heart of all those filled with empathy, being they religious, Or not (as is my case), but it is impossible not to be touched by Scorsese's narrative which is based on a truthful event.

"Silence" the new Scorsese film that is one of the best films of the year narratively and technically, was unfairly ignored of the festivals but nevertheless, it is still a great film. The script that follows in a linear way, and even can accompany several points of view, focuses on a single character, centered on an introduction, a beginning, middle and final well defined in his acts the film is complete and even with almost 3 hours, the rhythm does not drop for a minute.

We have the story here of two priests who are willing to get more information about a priest who apparently renounced the faith, but that mission is in Japan where Catholicism was a bandit and any reference to it is tortured, psychologically and physically.

The name of the film being "Silence" is not by chance, the word silence is repeated several times in the film, which denotes a perfect parallel with the Catholicism itself in Japan, where faith had to be exposed in silence, where the Catholics and Jesuits were silenced and suffered in silence, they believed in silence, they hoped in silence, and continued with their faith as quietly as possible, although it became commercially strange, Scorsese was precise and metaphorical his title that accompanies the whole plot of the long .

The first technical resource that jumps the eye is the photograph of the film, it is beautiful, it seems alive, it gives hope and at the same time it passes frustration, always illuminating and enriching the details of other sets that are very well too, like the Art direction, make-up and costumes, it's no wonder that photography was the only thing remembered for "silence" in oscar, the film also has great mixing and sound editing, and an assembly that helps the script to leave a movie Long look short and do not annoy the viewer, even if it sometimes gets repetitive.

Andrew Garfield is great, and is the big standout in terms of acting, his partner Adam Driver is also great, even appearing little, and what less appears is Liam Neeson, even so, the actor has a giant screen presence and it is impossible Not being fascinated with his character, Tadanobu Asano, who plays a character who serves as an interpreter, also commands very well, his performance makes the viewer stay with one foot behind always in relation to being a character.

Martin Scorsese, shows that he knows how to make any kind of film, even though he already works with similar films, Grandpa deserved another Oscar before finishing his career, unfortunately it was not this time, where his film was unjustly ignored, despite being a Great long.