On DVD
Into Great Silence (E)
- Director: Philip Groning
- Genre: Documentary
- Starring:
- Country: Germany
- Language: Latin and French with English Subtitles
- Original/Alternative Title: DIe Grosse Stille
- Running time: 164 mins
- Release date: 28 May 2007
- Web: http://www.diegrossestille.de/...
- Downloads: Press pack
Synopsis
A unique cinematic experience 19 years in the making.
Into Great Silence is a very strict, next to silent meditation on monastic life in a very pure form. No music except the chants in the monastery, no interviews, no commentaries, no extra material. Changing of time, seasons, and the ever repeated elements of the day, of the prayer. A film to become a monastery, rather than depict one. A film on awareness,
absolute presence, and the life of men who devoted their lifetimes to God in the purest of form. Contemplation. An object in time. Into Great Silence is the first film ever about life inside the Grande Chartreuse, the mother house of the legendary Carthusian Order in the French Alps. From the director of the award-winning 'L'amour, l'argent, l'amour' and 'The Terrorists'.
DVD Extras
Making of, Over 3 hours of additional scenes, Stills gallery, Sound gallery, Documents including 1984 original film outline.
