Recently, there have been some slow-burn indie films that try to channel the energy of the film noirs of the 1940s but don’t quite achieve the same effect, as filmmaking language has undergone such a huge change over the years. People label films as plain boring at the drop of a hat, as they may do for Dan Gremley and Brad Podowski’s Silent as the Grave as well. The film fails to translate its themes into the latest filmmaking technique of ‘intensified continuity,’ avoids the neo-noir tropes, and hence does not succeed in catching our attention. But if, and it’s a big if, one is able to see the film as the non-shadowy noir it’s trying to be, the film is not as bad as it would seem otherwise. Silent as the Grave is a simple film, almost made to be seen with a small gathering of family and friends,...
- 11/4/2023
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
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