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MartinScorsesesSilenceisaveryfinefilmthat
seemstobelongtoanentirelydifferentworld.
ImaginewhatAmericanmovieswouldbelikeif
ourfilmindustrywerenotcontrolledbyhostileand
decadentalienswhohaveweaponizedthe
mediumagainstEuropeanmanandculture.
Silenceissuchafilm.Itiswhollyuntouchedby
politicalcorrectnessandwhiteguiltorself
abasement.Instead,Silenceisthestoryofself
confident,expansionistwhitesbattlingnonwhite
savagery.

SilenceisaboutPortugueseJesuitMissionariesin
17thcenturyJapan,whohadconvertedlargenumbersofJapanesetoChristianity
beforetheJapanesegovernment,alarmedatthethreattotheircultureandsovereignty,
launchedsavagepersecutionsthatextirpatedorganizedChristianityanddrovethe
remnantsundergroundformorethan200years,untiltheMeijirestorationestablished
religioustolerancein1871.

ThefilmfollowstwoyoungJesuits(AndrewGarfieldandAdamDriver)whoare
smuggledintoJapantolearnthefateoftheirmentor,Fr.Ferreira(LiamNeeson),who
hasreportedlyrenouncedthefaithandgonenative.Theyoungpriestsandtheir
Japaneseconvertsaremovinglyportrayedasintenselyreligiousinthefaceof OurTitles
methodicalandcruelpersecutionandmartyrdom.

Yet,asthestoryunfolds,wecometoknewandevenrespecttheJapaneseInquisitor
whoorchestratedtheseatrocities.TheInquisitorsinterpreterspeaksoflearning
PortuguesefromoneoftheJesuits,whomerelytaughthislanguagebutneverlearned
Japanese.TheJesuitsalso,apparently,neglectedtolearnaboutJapanesereligion,
Japaneseculture,andtheJapanesemind.Astheinterpreterdrilyremarks,Japan
alreadyhasareligion.Pityyoudidnotnoticeit.

TheJapanese,bycontrast,learnedalltheycouldfromtheJesuitsaboutthedoctrines
TheJapanese,bycontrast,learnedalltheycouldfromtheJesuitsaboutthedoctrines
andmethodsoftheChurch,thenpromptlyturnedthemagainstit,includingthecreation
ofanInquisitioncompletewithexecutionsbycrucifixionandburningaliveandawhole
panoplyoftorturestosecureconfessionandapostasy.TheJapaneseevenunderstood
ChristiantheologywellenoughtomakepriestsrenounceChristianityoutofessentially
Christianmotives.(Thisishowwegetliberalism,bytheway.)

ButtheJapaneseunderstandingofreligionasanessentiallypublicandcivilaffairstill
leftaspaceforinwardChristianbeliefandprivatehouseholddevotions.Thus,inthe EditorinChief
end,onecouldarguetheInquisitorwasdefeated.TheJapaneseanswer,however, Greg Johnson
mightbethateventheprivateChristianityoftheJapanesewasmoreJapanesethan
Christian.Beyondthat,therealthreatposedbyChristianitywasasatoolofWestern OurAuthors
colonialism,andthatwasstoppeddeadinitstracksbasicallyuntil1945. Kerry Bolton
Jonathan Bowden
OnesmalltouchthatrevealsthealiennessoftheJapanesemind,whichaccords Collin Cleary
absoluteprimacytosocialrolesoverindividualidentity,isthattwoapostatepriests F. Roger Devlin

weresimplygiventheidentitiesofdeadJapanesemen:theirhouses,wives,children, Juleigh Howard-

Hobson
eventheirnames.Onewonderswhatthewivesandchildrenthoughtofthe
Greg Johnson
arrangement.Butthatapparentlydidnotmatteranymorethanwhethersomeofthem
Ward Kendall
mighthaveprayedintheirheartstoJesus.Thefirstmanissaidtohavebeen Anthony M. Ludovici
executed,somaybethewholefamilywasbeingpunished. Trevor Lynch
Andy Nowicki
TherearetwodebatesbetweentheInquisitorandoneofthecaptivepriests.The James J. O'Meara
JapaneseclearlythinkChristianityisfalse,buttheydiplomaticallydeclarethatitmay Michael O'Meara
betrueinPortugal,butitisnottrueinJapan.Thepriestgliblyrepliesthattruthis Savitri Devi

universal.OfcoursetheJapanesewonderedwhyauniversaltruthrequiredthat Irmin Vinson

Leo Yankevich
convertsadoptforeignnamesandcustoms.Theymighthavewonderedwhya
universaltruthcametothemfrommenofadifferentrace,speakingadifferenttongue, DistributedAuthors
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whotoldstoriesofaveryparticulartribeintheNearEast(neartoEurope,thatis),who
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answeredtoamaninRome,andwhoworkedhandinglovewithEuropeanconquerors
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andcolonizers.Thatsawholelotofparticularism,andinitsface,whocanblamethe Jack Donovan
Japaneseforchoosingtodefendtheirownculture,religion,andindependencewith Alexander Dugin
Christianitysownweapons,ifnecessary? Julius Evola
Guillaume Faye
Silenceisasuperbfilm,largelybecauseofitsintelligentscriptandsensitiveacting. Madison Grant
Thepacingisslowandthoughtful.Thecameraworkisnotflashy,focusingonits Pierre Krebs
objectsforsecondsatatime.TherearenoAmericangangsters,kungfufighting,CGI Pentti Linkola
H. P. Lovecraft
monsters,orlaserbattles.Inshort,thisisamovieforgrownups.Silenceisoneof
Anthony M. Ludovici
Scorsesesbestfilms.ThefactthatitspringsfromandportraysintenseChristian
H. L. Mencken
devotionwillrankleanddiscomfitmodernLeftists.Butintheend,Ipredictthatitwill
Tito Perdue
wingreatcriticalacclaim.Itwillnotsellalotoftickets,though,unlessthechurches John Robison
promoteitlikeThePassionoftheChrist.SeeSilenceinthetheater,notbecause Savitri Devi
youvegottoseeitonthebigscreen,butbecauseweshouldwantthismovietodo Lothrop Stoddard
well,somoremovieslikeitaremade. Francis Parker Yockey

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I did not think I would like this movie and would not have bothered to watch it without October 2010(77)
this review. But, I did really like it. I knew I would from the beginning because there was September 2010(75)
an intellectual distance instead of graphic horror that is so prevalent today in movies. August 2010(57)
 an intellectual distance instead of graphic horror that is so prevalent today in movies. August 2010(57)
While I appreciated the cunning of the inquisitor, it was the innocuous servant who July 2010(71)
seemed to be the one who moved the action forward. He constantly betrays the priest
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and then with great dissembling begs for forgiveness and absolution which the naive
priest constantly gives him, only for it to repeat. Who was converting who? It really is a
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From a Christian perspective, theres also a heart of darkness thing going on, where the
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missionaries question whether theres any real logos in Japan (called a swamp by the
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Quite frankly, no, I do not want radical islamics and whatever to be ignored and allowed Poems
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As for the film, it wont do well financially. Scorsese sticks to the books plot (instead of Reprints
making a sweeping drama like Last Samurai), and his nuanced views mean nobody is
cheerleading the message, which means no awards from leftist or christian media. Contemporary
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On the other hand, all my sympathies ultimately were with the Japanese, not because
white is bad and non-white is good, but because their cunning and ruthless struggle Jef Costello
against a colonizing universalism is the struggle of all white men today. F. Roger Devlin
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The Book did speak of reaping what you sow. And we are.
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I always thought Jesus words on preaching to all the other races was meant as a
 I always thought Jesus words on preaching to all the other races was meant as a
warning, not a directive. More like Im not going to do it but you will. And when you do, Mark Dyal
it will be the end. Which then ends up Matthew 24:14, etc. In support of that I note Guillaume Faye
Jesus refused to go out of His way to preach to those not of Israel, and there are plenty of Tom Goodrich
warnings about casting pearls before swine, staying out of the way of the blind leading Dara Halley-James
the blind, etc. Andrew Hamilton
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Clearly, trying to save the 3rd world has been a disaster for our race, and I think if you Gregory Hood
read Jesus words in context with everything else the Bible preaches, theres good basis Juleigh Howard-
to have never tried. Hobson
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Unless youre *trying* to bring about the end lol. Ruuben Kaalep
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Jesus didnt preach much to non-Jews (though he did heal the Roman McCloughlin
centurions son). But in the book of Acts, it tells the story of how Paul, himself a Margot Metroland
converted Jew, tries to preach the Word to the Jews and is rejected by them. For Millennial Woes
this peoples heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and John Morgan
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Good review, by the way, Im looking forward to the film. It would seem to invite Michael Polignano
comparison to The Mission, another film about Jesuit missionaries, but in Latin
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America. Also with Liam Neeson, and a great performance by Robert De Niro,
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I remember coming across the name Shsaku End in an Asian studies class. Now that
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there is a movie based off his work, I would have to do my own research.
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There is also a cheesy 1971 Japanese version of the film too, with a love affair between a
White male and a Japanese female. I havent seen Scorseses version of silence. Is their a
subtle love affair in this film too? ClassicAuthors
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Christians believe everyone is universal under the eyes of God. I was in the Church for a Julius Evola
long time, and still associate with the hipster Christian culture. I like to believe people Ernst Jnger
can understand one another and the power of love will prevail. Not in that fuddy- D. H. Lawrence
duddy hippie sense. But, most Whites will fall for this. Pathological altruism is a driving Charles Lindbergh
force among our people. It has to be controlled in favor for us. Universalism often Jack London
means being around other white people.
H. P. Lovecraft
Anthony M.
I would sympathize with the Japanese too. Their struggle is ours. Again, not to sound Ludovici
like an anti-white cuck. Whites went about to colonize the world, to conquer it, and in
Sir Oswald Mosley
return, created a violent, capitalist, globalist society. It was going to happen. You could
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say the driving force of Jews made it that way. However, like Jared Taylor said, their is
Friedrich Nietzsche
something in our innate nature that works against us.
Revilo Oliver
William Pierce
Without White or Asian societies, there could be no prosperous people. Without Whites,
China would put everyone on display in a wax museum. No Asians, well, contrary to Ezra Pound
Hollywood Nazi philosophy, we would lose out on a lot of technological, mass-produced, Saint-Loup
and advance resources. Savitri Devi
Carl Schmitt
Whites who proselytized the Japanese under Christianity thought they could come Miguel Serrano
under our power. That is somewhat true in todays environment. But none of these Oswald Spengler
Christians ever saw that a future multiculturalism and diversity would ever happen. P. R. Stephensen
 Christians ever saw that a future multiculturalism and diversity would ever happen. P. R. Stephensen
Jean Thiriart
If this film portrays the Christians as kooky leftist, then this film will shed light. We John Tyndall
should rather ask, are we heading towards a go-to-your-room ethnostate world, where Francis Parker
the multy-culty paradigm finally dies? And all races, homogeneous and small mutt / Yockey
mixed races, propose communities for themselves?

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