The Great Silence (1968)
Film Movement | Release Date: January 26, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranApr 26, 2018
While the film's masterful imagery — this might be the coldest, snowiest western ever — and inventive Ennio Morricone score are spectacular, less audience friendly is a nihilistic, revisionist denouement that apocalyptically subverts the genre's norms. Read full review
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The New York TimesA.O. Scott
There is something about the film’s brazen mixing of incompatible elements that defies categorization, imitation or even sober critical assessment. It’s anarchic and rigorous, sophisticated and goofy, heartfelt and cynical. The score, by Ennio Morricone, is as mellow as wine. The action is raw, nasty and blood-soaked. The story is preposterous, the politics sincere. Read full review
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Village VoiceSimon Abrams
Because Silence’s might doesn’t eventually set things right for Snow Hill’s residents, The Great Silence goes out with a devastating bang. Read full review
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