Into Great Silence

I have been greatly anticipating "Into Great Silence" coming to Alaska. Finally it did and played the past two evenings at a local theater. It is a documentary film about Roman Catholic monks who have the reputation of being the most ascetic brotherhood in the Western Tradition. Of course there was not an extensive amount of talking. In one of the reviews I read while waiting for the documentary's arrival I was amused that the producer spoke about developing a plot, but as I watched it I really saw a story develop, and I thought a lot about it all, and my own role in the grand scheme of things. Even the local cows observed the rule of silence. Those rebellious birds never quit running their mouths the entire time though, not even in the dead of winter! One of the things I found particularly funny were the multiple "documentary interviews" given by the monks. There were ten to fifteen of such interviews, and I finally saw the humor in them about half way through (okay, I never said I was swift). Another thing I got a kick out of was in the end credits - they showed no less than five (count 'em - one, two, three, four, five) sound editors! This is one I would definitely be able to watch again.