It takes time for this to become a drama and when it does its resentment again. Bergman uses confessional hate between people often eg. Winter Light, Autumn Sonata and here as the spur to conflict. It works dramatically, its horrible and its also cathartic.
But the weakness in this film is that its suggested and not fully rendered and consequently The Silence lacks the qualities of the first two in the so-called trilogy. They have a richer meaning in the dialog, in the circumstances, where this sometimes feels like an exercise in making cinema.Observing people wandering about is interesting for only a limited amount of time, another level of insight must be given.
It also shares qualities with the third part of Antonioni's trilogy -- L'Eclisse, which is about people incapable of communicating, leaving silence. L'Eclisse is a much stronger film.
Even so, the lead actors are bewitching, as are the photography and compositions too.
But the weakness in this film is that its suggested and not fully rendered and consequently The Silence lacks the qualities of the first two in the so-called trilogy. They have a richer meaning in the dialog, in the circumstances, where this sometimes feels like an exercise in making cinema.Observing people wandering about is interesting for only a limited amount of time, another level of insight must be given.
It also shares qualities with the third part of Antonioni's trilogy -- L'Eclisse, which is about people incapable of communicating, leaving silence. L'Eclisse is a much stronger film.
Even so, the lead actors are bewitching, as are the photography and compositions too.