Silent Life

Silent Life

  • Overview
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 16, 1986

Runtime

0h 13m

Original Title

Silent Life

Director

Bill Viola

Description

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.