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Two films about hermits

Two films of interest to anticipate: Into Great Silence (Germany) and The Island (Russian).

Into Great Silence is a documentary film of the Grande Chartreuse and daily life of the silent monks there. Because no one in the film speaks and there is no voice-over narration, Into Great Silence is a visual and aural experience of great depth. URL: http://www.diegrossestille.de.

The Island tells the story of a modern-day guilt-ridden man who sacrifices life by entering a rigorous and isolated monastery and pursuing a life of atonement there, where he challenges the monks and attracts pilgrims who seek him out for advice and healing. URL:
http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2006/films_schedules/films_description.asp?id=161.

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Australian hermit’s two years

An autobiographical essay entitled “The Retired Hermit” in the Australian web site New Age. The byline is: “Peter Davis chose the life of a solitary in the high country for two years where he found the space to care for himself.” The first paragraph gives a sense of the quiet mission he set about pursuing for those two years. “I became a hermit gradually. It started in 1987 on a mountain near the small town of Harrietville in north-eastern Victoria. This was soon after my HIV diagnosis, when I was 19.”

Perhaps Peter Davis is better know in Australia; there is no further elaboration on this page, which is part of the book review section of New Age, for non-Australian readers.

URL:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/the-retired-hermit/
2006/08/10/1154803029570.html.
Note: URL of complete version submitted by a friend of Hermitary:
http://www.thylazine.org/thyla11/thyla11i.html.