The Gulf of Silence

An intelligent, a novelty and curious way of expressing facts, fiction, and your own thoughts on this subject. Brilliant and refreshing; and again NOT a documentary, but a sci-fi fiction!

One highly opinionated woman holds forth melodramatically for what seems like forever. Even a half-hearted attempt at editing out the interminable "dramatic pauses" would cut the length by 75%. As a veteran of watching dozens of UFO documentaries, I can tell you there is nothing here that hasn't been included in other films, and more interestingly, I might add. There are more UFO documentaries to see than most people will ever have time for. Skipping over this one will most likely lead to seeing something much more interesting and informative.

Because it's not that we're alone in the universe - that much is a statistical impossibility - but that we are not alone, and nobody cares. Humanity is the ever-present blinking light of an unread message in the dark corner of the room.

Obviously fiction (I mean, if the explicit disclaimer in the credits didn't tip you off, or the presentation as a whole then I worry for your brain!) but it doesn't matter. The Gulf of Silence isn't made to deceive, unlike the majority of UFO media, but rather to strike to the vulnerable, fleshy core of the phenomenon and the people most affected by it. Not with a sensationalist, smooth brained and popcorn gargling farcical take, but something utterly personal and heart breakingly relatable.

Whether you're involved in this field or any other similarly maligned by the greater populace, provided you're not some soulless grifter that is, chances are you've been in some of the places Laura Gale has been. Endured the same jokes, snorts, the deaths of social units and the crippling, anxiety induced self sabotage in response. (insert alienation pun here?)

If The Gulf of Silence achieves anything its the absolute realisation of a relatable, grounded protagonist divulging an account so credible within a genre so often bogged down in trashy, tabloid junk more concerned with making its viewer feel special, chosen and important. Maybe that's why it's currently being brigaded with one stars and being "reviewed" by filmgoers that unironically watch things at 2x speed and call people "females".

Also its very funny.

ABOUT HALFWAY THRU IT BECAME CLEAR THAT SHE WAS IN FACT THE ONE BEING DECEPTIVE AND MISLEADING ABT WHAT SHE BELIEVES. CLEARLY, THIS MOVIE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ALLOED TO BE MADE IF SHE STATED THINGS TO BE THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT SHE CLAIMS.... MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE, NO LOGIC TO HER CLAIMS AS SHE DOES A COMPLETE 180.

ONE SH KEEP IN MIND THAT IN ORDER FOR SOMETHING TO B BELIEVEABLE, THERE HAS TO BE SOME TRUTH TO THE MATTER AS SHE PURPORTS TO BE.

DO NOT WASTE UR TIME.

As someone who has been involved in the UFOlogy and disclosure movement for about the last 25 years, I had hoped that this was not yet another work of fiction. Sure enough with a cursory search of the internet, it is 100 percent fiction.

I am disappointed in the fact that this person did such a great job of putting this together only to have the rug pulled out from under me with it being a complete fabrication. That is the problem with a lot of these things, is that they don't help further the cause, or create more curiosity. This is almost worse than the Stan Romanek fiasco because this was actually watchable, and had a lot of heart behind it.

20 minutes into this film I figured it was not quite right and with a simple internet search could not find any Laura Gale PHD, nor could I find any books or writings by the person that the actress portrays.

As much as I would like to give this praise for what it does, I have to be critical of what it is not. It is not real, it is not factual, and amazon and other outlets tout it as being real, or at the very least, involving the real people who experienced these things. Irritation does not even begin to describe the level of contempt I have.

I actually hoped this was real, and factual. Thanks for making me even more skeptical than I already am.