Talk:The Silence (1963 film)

Revised text
The previous text made some highly-interpretive-at-best assertions about the sisters' "unconsummated incestuous relationship" (whatever that is) and Anna's supposed mental illness. My revisions have little to recommend them but are less tendentious I hope.

--Andersonblog 05:13, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * That is pretty silly. Maybe it was written by an only child who doesn't realize that an "unconsummated incestuous relationship" = "having a sibling". Is that the reason that the article mentions homosexual content? I just watched the film and I don't remember any homosexual content. 173.49.91.134 (talk) 02:10, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:00, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

The film in its age
I made some rewrites both to correct earlier errors (the film was never cut at all in Sweden, which in itself was highly significant) and to give an idea of its impact and some of the framing of the story which is not exactly transparent. I'll source this asap. In a Swedish context, it's obvious that the film helped strike down the sex censorship wall and pave the way for a highly liberalized film climate, but it's also true that it's not a film about sex. The shots that everybody raged about are quite brief, and if you look with some care at the film it's clear that sexuality is used here to explore themes that aren't on that plane. The eroticism in this film isn't happy, it's clearly shown as a weary, desperate means of communication and physical release in a near-breakdown state.Strausszek (talk) 02:36, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Final scenes
In the printed screenplay, it's fairly clear that Ester is going to die from her illness and that she is aware of it during the closing scenes but trying to hide the real gravity of the situation from Johan. She is approaching her agony (esp. after her sister and the boy have left) and commenting on her own state and her fear of death in between spasms. It's some time since I watched the film so I'm not sure if this is exactly how it's played out on screen (though I suspect it is) but it should probably be made clear in the plot section that Ester is on her last legs and that her paper with those few words translated for the boy is a very real parting gift. 83.251.170.27 (talk) 07:45, 19 June 2016 (UTC)