Into the Silent Sea

Absent the minor & understandable minor audio challenges conveying the radio conversation, this is a remarkable short film. Many brilliant, well funded artists would come up short of this college film maker's compelling and emotional work.

It tells a compelling story of a principled & loyal man caught between competing demands. The story is convincingly set in a time and place in the past that tells a relevant, cautionary tale for today for those who see it.

The film hits many themes with skill, despite its limited run time. Some of our best, well funded filmmakers would struggle to tell this story with as much humanity and authenticity. Even blessed with a 2000x bigger budget & access to expensive effects, I doubt the story would be conveyed more skillfully or with as much heart. The filmmaker's choice of set,setting,and use of black and white give the film a gritty reality that supplies realistic context and plausibility to the events. Strong acting, efficient direction and editing that would pass for a Hollywood studio combine to make a film that will stay with you .

This is an awesome short movie. I don't know anything about the director nor the actors, but I was blown away when I first saw it. I have rarely seen something that powerful, beautiful, moving and profound.

A Soviet cosmonaut is floating adrift in his capsule, waiting for the death to come. One of his desperate calls for rescue is picked up by an Italian radio engineer and the two men form a bond in a very special way, as memories are unfolding in the cosmonaut's mind... There's a lot that I could write about "Into the silent sea", but my only recommendation is "just watch it!". Depending on how you feel when you watch it, "Into the silent sea" will affect you in many ways. This fine thesis film (yes, it was made by a grad student!) won a dozen -- well-deserved -- awards around the world.

An enjoyable short film with impressive production design and acting. However, the sound mixing during some conversations could have done with some work. The alternating time lines also occurred too frequently to keep the flow of the story together.