Ginette Vincendeau on Le Silence de la mer (1949)

[@dirtyharry4378]

I watched this film over and over again, something appealing to me. Melville is a stylist.

[@mritzs5142]

Where did you see it?

[@fitrisepviyantisumardi9544]

If words could hurt, silence is express their feeling...I wacthed this wonderful love story movie version 2004

[@homegown1234]

The story was wonderful.

[@fitrisepviyantisumardi9544]

@@homegown1234 : Yes, it was...They loved each other even never talked..The sad story about love, life&war

[@mercedeslb237]

Très intéressant. Je vous remercier pour partager.

[@lilianhernadez]

The performance of HOWard Vernon as the nazi officer is astonishingly Is one of my favorite movies

[@touatifettouma9674]

Great book. Great movie;

[@elenalatici9568]

Thank you so much for this wonderful analysis and back story of the Melville version. Am still trying to find it online.🙏

[@lachambreverte]

It's available on the Criterion Channel. You need to be a subscriber, or you could sign up for a free 7-day trial. www.criterionchannel.com/videos/le-silence-de-la-mer Criterion also released it on DVD and Blu-ray, so, if those formats are an option for you, you could check at your local library.

[@tonmarinaxxzz]

I love the later version in color. I don’t know if the BW version has English subtitles.

[@christinegerard4974]

Très intéressant.Merci .

[@pablojuega3312]

Es maravillosa y Melville alucinante

[@DK-yq5nx]

Vincendeau’s book about Melville is a stimulating read too.

[@abooswalehmosafeer173]

Wow

[@midnightchannel111]

I understand all that is said here, the era and the fact that this was his first film but I found the film to be rather heavy-handed and too styistic, too New Wave, to accurately represent the book (in my opinion). The second film, if 2004, erred a bit more towards romance so so missed accurately representing the humanity of the book, I think it was more accurate than the first by focusing on human beings, which, to me, the first film did not.

[@anamariaprado2718]

But what is the meaning of the very last scene ? The captain came back to France to be with her, but the relationship had to be secret ?

[@C.P.-mj4ft]

The first film was made by a Résistance member, based on a book of another Résistance member. The topic is not about a romance. It is about dignity.

[@elenalatici9568]

Fighting the writer is why almost always studios buy book rights outright. The writer has to take the money and disappear.

[@yallowrosa]

0:06 "Melville accuse Truffaut" :-)

[@leonorvillarmuchasgracias433]

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