Silent Light — in a theatre and on DVD!

Silent Light — in a theatre and on DVD! September 27, 2008

Speaking of Victor Morton, I absolutely must link to his detailed, extensive, impassioned and admittedly spoiler-filled review of Carlos Reygadas’s Silent Light (2007) — which, incidentally, has been available on DVD in Canada for the past few weeks.

Morton has posted the review now because the film is currently playing in a theatre in New York. The big screen is definitely the ideal venue for this movie, but if you can forgive the heresy of reducing such mesmerizing footage to a mere YouTube clip, here are the film’s first five minutes — just to give you a sense of what has had viewers like Morton and myself so spellbound:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHTkxYz2cMQ
Click here if the video file above doesn’t play properly.


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