Silent Life
1986Movie13 min
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Silent Life records the first hours and days of life through a series of portraits of newborn babies in a hospital nursery. The alienating hospital environment, and the vulnerability of the babies' gestures and expressions, suggests a primal linking of birth and death.
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Released
1986
April 16, 1986
40 years ago
Language
English
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Directing · 1
- Bill Viola Director
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