Let's talk about movies. How would you talk about a movie if it wants you to shut up? Climb aboard for a one-way trip down the river of striking images, dream-like sequences, and too many meaningful looks. From the ridiculous to the sacred, we examine the examinations of the unspeakable silence at the heart of life. SOURCES: - 2001: A Space Odyssey, dir. Stanley Kubrick (1968) ; - Plato, Republic (514a & ff.) ; - Song to Song, dir. Terence Malick (2017) ; - Paul Schraeder's review of Song to Song: bit.ly/2vqghom ; - Paul Schraeder, Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer, with new introduction, "Rethinking Transcendental Style" (2018): a.co/eiNRfRh ; - Stalker, dir. Andrei Tarkovsky (1979) ; - Late Spring, dir. Yasujirô Ozu (1949) ; - Five Dedicated to Ozu, dir. Abbas Kiarostami (2003) ; - cover image: Lucas Samaras, 1975 - music from the episode: bit.ly/2AN40zL .