The Great Silence (1968)

Part 3/4 of the FREE Hard Light at UR series: A Trip to Italy
Runtime: 106 min

Created as a response to the deaths of Malcolm X and Che Guevara, The Great Silence is your favorite politically-charged, revisionist Western that you haven’t seen yet. The film stars Jean-Louis Trintignant as “Silence”, a mute gunslinger who is opposed by the bounty hunter “Loco” played by Klaus Kinski. The film questions vigilante justice and grey morality in a freezing snowy landscape. A favorite of Alex Cox and Quentin Tarantino, this “no-hope” cult classic is not one to be missed, so we’ll see you there!

Because this screening will be on the University of Richmond campus, parking will be a bit different than our usual screenings. We encourage parking at the Ryland Circle on campus. There will be a limited number of free visitor's passes that we'll be handing out in the parking lot, but we encourage you to fill out this form and get your own free pass mailed to you, especially since it'll work at all of our University of Richmond screenings this semester! See y'all there!
— Warner West, Hard Light Cinema