Silence

My Review Of Martin Scorsese's Silence

... the get-go. In replying to someone who said the film wasn’t worth seeing, I wrote. It’s a discussion whether someone who is not altogether orthodox or consistent in their walk with the Lord has any good insight to offer at all. I say that he or she does. If we required all artists and musicians to be perfect saints and perfectly orthodox in order to listen to their music, we’d have very little of the best art. That was precisely the central theme of  the (purported) Mozart biography, Amadeus. I know a lot about the great composers, as an avid classical music buff. Beethoven was a nominal Catholic at best, and no celibate (he never married). Wagner was an anti-Semite. Schubert died of venereal disease. Debussy and Brahms were atheists, and Brahms liked to frequent the whorehouses of Vienna. One could go on and on. Only a few of the greatest composers were really devout Christians (Bach and Bruckner being notable examples). I’m inspired by the old Christian movies as much as anyone. But it doesn’t follow that this film has nothing to offer. Truth is truth wherever it is found: in art as well as theology. As I said in my original “review”, there is also ...

Alleged Russian Hacker ‘guccifer 2.0’ Is Back After Months Of Silence

... tweeted, blogged or answered any of Motherboard's private messages. In June of 2016, the Washington Post and security firm Crowd Strike revealed that the DNC had been hacked by Russian spies. Hours later, Guccifer 2.0 appeared out of nowhere to claim responsibility for the hack. His initial claim seemed hasty, was peppered with numerous English errors, and some of the documents they leaked even contained Russian metadata, leading several security researchers to conclude that Guccifer 2.0 was no “lone hacker,” but a front for the Russian government trying to cover its own hack. In an exclusive interview with Motherboard , Guccifer 2.0 denied the accusation, claiming to be a Romanian “hacker, manager, philosopher, women lover.” Yet, they couldn’t really speak Romanian, according to several linguists. “I really hope you’ve missed me a lot.”. Over the following weeks, Guccifer 2.0 evolved ...

Ft. Lauderdale Airport Holds Moment Of Silence For Shooting Victims

... employees,  gathered at Terminal 2’s baggage claim area for a moment of reflection. At 12:54 p.m., they held a moment of silence – the same time the gunman opened fire a week before. “Grieve. Allow yourselves to grieve deeply for all you have seen and experienced,” Elder John Brush of the Broward Church of Christ told the gathering. There was no shortage of grief. TSA Agent William White hurried many passengers out of the baggage area where the shooting was occurring. “I just don’t know how to describe it,” White said before breaking down, sobbing. “I can’t put it into words, I really can’t,” said airport employee Scott Meister, his eyes red, filled with tears. “I just keep thinking about those poor people.”. Five white flowers sat on a white-clothed table in the terminal representing the five victims killed in the shooting. Deputies say last Friday, Esteban Santiago , 26, pulled a gun out and began shooting at travelers in a baggage claim area of Terminal 2. A week later, Sharief and airport employees returned to the same area to remember the victims. “For many of us this is our second home, for many of us …this is our first home,” said Fort Lauderdale ...

Silence' Producer's Joke At Airport Security Leads To Vagina Patdown

... a Cartier Love bracelet, which is time-intensive to remove and put back on. After Koskoff had gone through the scanner, a TSA employee asked her to submit to an additional security check to examine what she said would be Koskoff's neck, wrist and groin. As they waited for a supervisor to come do the check, Koskoff joked that the scanner probably had picked up her IUD — a birth control method known as an intrauterine device. The staffer's face went pale. "She suddenly wouldn't even look at me and then she said something into her walkie-talkie," Koskoff recalls. "The supervisor comes over and calls for the head of security because they thought I was talking about an IED." That device is one used by terrorists, known by its full title as an improvised explosive device. "The scene was gnarly for a minute," Koskoff continues, before adding that ...

Adam Driver On Canine Co-stars, Silent Retreats And Kylo Ren

... tempted away from the Dark Side, so much so that popular fan theories think he’s actually a good guy. And in “Silence,” Father Garrpe risks dying if he doesn’t renounce his faith. There are interesting good-versus-evil battles in both. I didn’t think of it as good and evil, necessarily, but more the anguish of faith. Since you’re making that comparison, they both have strong doubt, and strong doubt goes hand-in-hand with faith. On the outside is actually probably a healthier way to live than just complete devotion to whatever it is. They’re also two movies where a kind of superpower is persecuting against a smaller organization or belief system. They both feel morally justified to behave however they need to to accomplish that, regardless of whether it means persecuting other people that they just don’t understand. So in that way, yeah, they both have anguish of faith. It’s yet to be determined for Kylo Ren, but I guess it’s more determined in “Silence” whether the character rises to the occasion or not. We tend to love villains in cinema, and there’s a villainous aspect to the inquisitors in “Silence,” even if it takes a different form than it does in “Star Wars.” Do you ...

Louis Tomlinson Breaks Silence After Mom’s Death

... love you bro!" Malik, 23, wrote. "All of your family is in my prayers. proud of your strength and know your mum is too x.". PHOTOS: The Biggest Boy Bands of All Time. “Very sad news,” Horan, 23, tweeted. “Louis I love you mate and I’m / all of us are here for you all the way. You mum was an incredible person.”. Payne, 23, also expressed his sympathies in a lengthy message. “Louis, I’m so sorry for you my brother my heart aches for you, just know I love you the same from a million miles away as I do right next to you. I’m always here for you through everything as you have been for me. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this incredibly sad time I can’t begin to imagine what you are all going through. RIP Johanna you are forever in my thoughts.”. Tomlinson's ex Jungwirth also posted about Deakin's death on Saturday, writing a heartfelt note to her son's grandmother. "My ...

Silence’ Is Not An Easy Movie To Watch With Its Graphic Torture Scenes

... his religion. The Jesuit missionaries minister to devout Catholics in this harsh landscape, but when caught, are tortured — and it’s graphically depicted. The pair, while trying to be strong in upholding Jesuit ideals, face doubt, question God’s silence in suffering, and are tested while enemies try to break them. The unbearable choice of apostasy vs. martyrdom becomes a reality in a sometimes profound, but mostly tedious work that is nearly three hours’ long. Performances: Unfamiliar Japanese actors stand out in a sprawling cast. As the Inquisitor, Issei Ogata is a marvel of cunning and cruelty. Tadanobu Asano is chilling as the unsympathetic interpreter and Yosuke Kobozuka is impressive as the weak and duplicitous guide Kichijiro. As the two young Jesuits, Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver work best together. They both lost a considerable amount of weight to look emaciated, and maintain their accents. Liam Neeson is barely in the film, and his height makes him an imposing figure when he is. What Works: Obviously, much skill and thoughtful details went into this massive, arduous project. The labor is evident. Rodrigo Prieto’s cinematography is stunning, and Dante ...

Martin Scorsese Talks About His Upcoming Film 'silence

... I don't know. It's pretty big. These days you can't - since Ridley Scott made "Gladiator" you never know. Do you have a favorite. I don't think I do. I guess the initial explosions sort of speak was "Mean streets." There ain't nothing wrong with me. I'm feeling fine. Keep your mouth shut. Great collaborators on that, Harvey keitel. That began everything, the one that - How many more you got in you. I don't know. I don't know. I was thinking, who knows. I'd like to do one more with de Niro called "The irishman" in and maybe Al pacino for the first time. Yeah. What is it about Robert de Niro to work with. We're both adolescents together in the lower east side. He knows the world I came from, the roots. He's the only one. There is a certain reaction to a word or a movement and he'll know where it comes from and we just look at each other. You talking to me? Well, I'm the only one here. I like this shot of you and Leo from "The wolf of wall Street" you look like you're praying. Oh, yeah. Yes. Yeah. What were you praying for. To get through this. My name is Jordan bellford. The year I turned 26 I made $49 million. What is it about Leonardo Dicaprio? ...

Martin Scorsese's 'silence' Is Easier To Admire Than To Love

... of moments that, for all their elegance and power, feel repetitive: yet another scene of peasants being commanded to step on the fumi-e; another brutal torture; another confrontation between Rodrigues and the inquisitors in which each side talks past the other—universal truth versus cultural difference—without success. These philosophical disputes, too, rarely achieve the depth or richness for which one hopes. Late in the film it is suggested, intriguingly, that perhaps the Christian faith of the Japanese peasants isn’t really Christian at all, that due to a long-ago error of translation, they worship not the “Son,” but the “Sun.” Alas, Scorsese’s film is more interested in cataloguing Rodrigues’s ongoing spiritual anguishes than in pulling further on such theological threads. It all comes to an end—though I should warn, there’s still a half-hour left—when Rodrigues finally completes his mission and learns the fate of his mentor, Father Ferreira. I will not reveal what he discovers, but I will say that it feels like a moment that could easily have taken place far earlier in the film. Let there be no misunderstanding: Silence is an indisputably worthy film from one of our ...