An amazing film...

I watched over the Memorial day weekend a film called: Into Great Silence. It is a film about the Grande Chartreuse monastery. It showed how the monks who live there go through their prayers, rituals, and their basic life. There is no commentary as the film goes along, no music. At times there is dialogue such as when a blind monk is being interviewed. I never thought a monastery would allow a person to film within their walls. Apparently when the director asked them if he could film in 1984, they said "Not now... maybe 10, 15 years. Well it took 16 years. I believe it was worth it. Not every person might like it though. There are moments when you are waiting fora sound, but there is only silence. Myself I enjoy the solitude of life, so it was not boring for me to watch. It is almost three hours in length. Like I said, you may or may not like the film