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The plot is fascinating, and the history behind it is even more so. But the movie ended up being a boring mess. I think there is a gem...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSilence has the makings of a good movie, but it bombed at the box office, and for a good reason. The plot is fascinating, and the history behind it is even more so. But the movie ended up being a boring mess. I think there is a gem hidden inside this film, which is incredibly boring otherwise. Maybe if it were directed by a less pious film-maker it could’ve been stupendous. This movie is one of those that explores its subject a little too thoroughly, and then also takes it too far by the end. It’s treading a fine line when trying to depict the Japanese suppression of christianity in the 17th century - a subject that very easily could head into demonization. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Boxer, Charles. The Christian Century in Japan, 1549–1650. Berkeley: University of California Press, \u003ca href='https://amzn.to/2L0iLD7' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003e1951.\u003c/a\u003e Lu, David. Japan: A Documentary History, The Dawn of History to the Late Tokugawa Period. New York: East Gate Books, \u003ca href='https://amzn.to/2zA3CEa' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003e2005.\u003c/a\u003e Mason, RHP and JG Caiger, A History of Japan. Rev. Ed. Tokyo, Japan: Tuttle Publishing, \u003ca href='https://amzn.to/2zrjs3D' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003e1997.\u003c/a\u003e Inoue, Masamichi. “Reclaiming the Universal: Intercultural Subjectivity in the Life and Work of Endo Shusaku.” Southeast Review of Asian Studies 34 (2012), 153-\u003ca href='http://jesuits.org/story?TN=PROJECT-20161220114257' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003e170.\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href='https://moviepilot.com/p/silence-true-story-martin-scorsese/4107116' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href='http://www.historyextra.com/article/bbc-history-magazine/silence-history-behind-martin-scorsese%E2%80%99s-new-film' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href='https://www.bustle.com/p/is-silence-a-true-story-that-depends-on-how-you-look-at-it-27754' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href='http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/silence-review-martin-scorsese-1201935391/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirishitan' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Catholic_Church_in_Japan' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakure_Kirishitan' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimabara_Rebellion' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakoku' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs_of_Japan' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE \u003ca href='http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003eVIDEOS\u003c/a\u003e Support the channel through \u003ca href='https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003ePatreon\u003c/a\u003e LET'S \u003ca href='https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003eCONNECT\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href='https://twitter.com/Cynical_History' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'\u003e\u003c/a\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Silence is a 2016 historical period drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks and Scorsese, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Shūsaku Endō. Set in Nagasaki, Japan, the film was shot entirely in Taiwan around Taipei. The film stars Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano and Ciarán Hinds.[8] The plot follows two 17th century Jesuit priests who travel from Portugal to Japan to locate their missing mentor and spread Catholic Christianity. The story is set in the time of Kakure Kirishitan (\"Hidden Christians\"), following the suppression of the Shimabara Rebellion (1637–1638) of Japanese Roman Catholics against the Tokugawa shogunate.[9] The pre-production phase of the filmmaking for Silence went through a cycle of over two decades of set-backs and reassessments. After filming of The Wolf of Wall Street concluded in January 2013, Scorsese refused to follow it up with any film other than Silence. On April 19, 2013, it was announced that Scorsese would begin production on Silence in 2014. Irwin Winkler was then announced as a producer, as were Randall Emmett and George Furla, who would provide financing through their company Emmett/Furla Films. Soon thereafter, it was announced that the film would be shot in Taiwan. A long-time passion project for Scorsese, which he developed for over 25 years, the film premiered in Rome on November 29, 2016,[10] and was released in the United States on December 23, 2016. The American Film Institute selected Silence as one of its ten Movies of the Year.[11] The film also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 89th Academy Awards. 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