Let's talk about movies. How would you talk about a movie if it wants you to shut up? Climb aboard for a one-way trip down the river of striking images, dream-like sequences, and too many meaningful looks. From the ridiculous to the sacred, we examine the examinations of the unspeakable silence at the heart of life.

SOURCES:

- 2001: A Space Odyssey, dir. Stanley Kubrick (1968) ;
- Plato, Republic (514a & ff.) ;
- Song to Song, dir. Terence Malick (2017) ;
- Paul Schraeder's review of Song to Song: bit.ly/2vqghom ;
- Paul Schraeder, Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer, with new introduction, "Rethinking Transcendental Style" (2018): a.co/eiNRfRh ;
- Stalker, dir. Andrei Tarkovsky (1979) ;
- Late Spring, dir. Yasujirô Ozu (1949) ;
- Five Dedicated to Ozu, dir. Abbas Kiarostami (2003) ;
- cover image: Lucas Samaras, 1975
- music from the episode: bit.ly/2AN40zL .