Movies - The Silence

• A movie written and directed by Ingmar Bergman in 1963, starring Ingrid Thulin
  and Gunnel Lindblom as main characters. The movie was very controversial in that it depicted female masturbation and implied lesbianism and incest. The "Silence" in the title is supposed to be the silence of God. The plot involves two sisters: one is dying and the other mentally ill. They have an unconsummated incestuous relationship, are mostly concerned with pitying themselves. Trapped between them is the younger sister's innocent son Johan. A majority of the action takes place in an empty hotel in an undefined European country on the brink of war or insurrection; subtle clues (including the misspelled name of the town) appear to point to the country as being Finland. An Internet Movie Database is quoted as classifying it: "This is Bergman at his most disturbing."
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• A movie written and directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, in 1997. It's a story about a blind boy who earns a living tuning instruments to support his mother and himself. The movie uses Beethoven's 5th Symphony. The movie was banned in Iran.

• Episode 61 in season 2 of The Twilight Zone, aired April 28, 1961, written by Rod Serling, directed by Boris Sagal and including Franchot Tone
  , Liam Sullivan, Jonathan Harris
  and Cyril Delavanti. See also: The Twilight Zone, Episode List, Season 2

• A band, of which John Parr was once a member.

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