O Grande Silêncio de Gröning e a Eloquência de se Refletir sobre a Ética-Filosófica noFazer Cinematográfico

• Autores: Ana paula Martins
• Localización: Avanca / Cinema 2012 / Cine Clube de Avanca (dir.), 2012, ISBN 978-989-96858-2-6, págs. 660-664
• Idioma: portugués
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• Resumen

  • This article intends to make a brief reflection on the film Into Great Silence (Die Grosse Stille) from Philip Gröning andits connection with the term ethics in philosophy, comprehending ethics as the studies on how to achieve happinessand the meaning of it. Gröning’s film stands out in three specific ways considering this reflection: Firstly in terms ofredemption to the sense of ethics, as in its Greek origin and the word “ethos” as “dwelling”, “living place”, and “way ofbeing”, “character” and “behavior”, which basically has questioned what happiness was and the means to achieve it,in contrast to the later morality, “mos” and “mores”, the Latin word for “custom”, which is based on obedience to thenorms, taboos, custom or cultural, religious or hierarchical commandments made and received by society. Secondly,considering the fact that the director himself gives an example of ethical conduct, in how he behaves throughout thework, from the moment he decide to shoot the monastery until the time it was finished, and also the reasons thatmotivated him to chose that subject. Thirdly by the very theme that he has chosen for the documentary, which isnothing but the very search for happiness and the attempt to understand how it can be achieved.