Silent Snow Secret Snow - Part 1 of 2

[javaxsqft]

this is awful and the teacher is a rag.

[Mufaso1000]

It's obvious that this kid has ADD, though people didn't know it at the time.

[henrycbrennan]

@Mufaso1000

He doesn't have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) - he is slipping into catatonic schizophrenia

[Mufaso1000]

@henrycbrennan : Oh, very well, sorry.

[hyperskreem]

why does the video freeze at the Best lines of the narration?!?!? so annoying

[madJedi1]

dissapointing its all chopped up tho

[lomertamahon1]

I think that was Tony Montana when he was a kid, thinking about snow all the time.

[TDS4UT]

There is a lot in this little story. It was portrayed in other films besides Night Gallery. If you note the line "Mother, go away! I hate you!" That is the writer as a young boy. He told her that he hated her and he wished she was dead. She did die and his father blamed him for her death. Thus, the snow to protect him from the thoughts. The snow represents insanity, a comfort from reality.

[safarigurl150]

Just let the guy go skiing or something! lol

[hyperskreem]

I remember watching this when I was a kid, it was terrifying. I wish it wasnt so Glitchy =0( it ruins the beautiful narration

[hyperskreem]

I remember watching this when I was a kid, it was terrifying. I wish it wasnt so Glitchy =0(

[sapphire2005]

aspergers syndrome

[hyperskreem]

@sapphire2005 Schitzophrenia

[YerJob]

why is there narration in this one

[hyperskreem]

@YerJob If you Read the story, It is beautifully and cleverly written. just listen to the way Orson Wells says, "Deliciously Terrifying" the narration is verbatim from the original story =0D

[Echosofthemind]

Why is it so glitchy?

[RatuTengen]

Conrad Aiken's short novel would be good to be used as a literature piece at school for its usage in language, style and plot, in the same tone more or less as Joseph Conrad's classic novel "The Heart of Darkness". It was written at the turn of the 20th Century when the study of psychology was first becoming popular.

[cipher2]

Thanks for the upload but whats with the 3 seconds of silence scattered throughout? Kinda gay

[chairmanofthebored1]

Shoot, all he had to do was move to Antarctica, lol.

[koztowz]

screams "THE SNOW"

[frankd1965]

air adte for this episode was 10/20/71

[287654321]

Gene Kearney directed this Night Gallery AND the 1966 'art movie' also titled, 'Silent Snow...'.

[tandiwe36]

he must be very lonely without the snow. he has not friends at all.

[gabymom1]

@tandiwe36 - this short story moved me when I read it years ago...it just hinted about the individual vs the world outside...

[tandiwe36]

@gabymom1 - I must read the short story. I can simply relate to wanting to be left alone (sometimes)

[MariaGarcia281]

if that happens in today's society, you get called 'a nut'

[tandiwe36]

@MariaGarcia281 - this is basically what was happening but the interpretation was pure magic and the boy actor was a genius

[gabymom1]

@MariaGarcia281 - Yes you're right. But take a moment and listen...

[johnrunion]

this is a thing of melancholy beauty.

[gabymom1]

@johnrunion - thank you for a thoughtful response...

[johnrunion]

you are very welcome. best wishes. take care.

[chem100]

The apex of broadcast television in terms of thought and quality. What is it about? Schizophrenia? Aspergers Syndrome? Child abuse? or a combination of the three? I suspect that something is very wrong in that house that goes unsaid. I lean toward Aspergers aggravated by emotional abuse. Perfectly written and produced television. If only TV was as good today.

[gabymom1]

@chem100 After all these years, you have clotted up this short story with jargon - just possibly his mind was meant for magic, another, better reality...

[InfureE8]

Can you please re-upload this? It's full of freezes and gaps.

[Greenman727]

The fantasy of a cold person.

[dpdc06]

Thank you for mentioning that other version papastathisjohn. I watched it and enjoyed it as much as this one. I read that there is a radio adaptation of the story from the 50's but I haven't found it online.

[satanisteileen]

i love this one

[papastathisjohn]

What a bunch of cretins. This a true classic film interpretation of a literary masterpiece. (How rare!). There is an older B&W version (1966) that is by the same director and equally haunting. It can be seen on the Internet Archives website by anyone whose taste isn't in their ass. It was filmed a few miles from where I live in Piermont NY. If anyone would like, I have taken pics of the films location that I would be happy to share.

[AZsilka]

I vividly remember watching the black and white version ONE TIME, and 20 years later, coming across the story in a book at a party. I secreted myself in a corner and read it, and was just as moved as the first time I heard the story. I wasn't familiar with the Internet Archives. Thank you for the lead. I got chills watching it again.

[johnrunion]

the 1960's version is here now on youtube.

[ZuluDawn99]

This episode blows, they should have used Randy Watson instead, he played Joe the Policeman on the What's Goin Down episode of That's My Mama.

[foppa123]

the boy actor wasn't too good here.

[johnrunion]

no, he was great.

[gimpzilla]

poor quality film poorly directed poor poor paul

[manz900]

This was actually a pretty good episode.

[poughkeepsiejohn]

Radames Pera plays the boy in this story. He also played the young Cain in the series, "Kung Fu" with David Carradine. That's right. He was the young "Grasshopper".

[ghoststar]

i cant, for the life of me, understand why this story is considered a classic. its so poorly written. cant stand aikens melodramatic narrative style.

[robertaxel]

Conrad Aiken is a classic writer, one one of the first to use psychological insights.

[foppa123]

it was a boring segment

[KidAJonni]

Radames Pera was a good child actor during the 1970's

[Misterioso]

Great to hear Welles narration.

[frankd1965]

@Misterioso Orson Welles was a great narrator

[Innomen]

All bow before klassy, a walking example of the need for a Nobel taste prize.

[Innomen]

All bow before klassy, a walking example of the need for a Nobel taste prize.

[sparkles77]

I'd read the story but never seen this. Brings it to life. Thanks for posting.

[perjus]

So lyrical.

[slaclos]

Many thanks for this Vid.

[Hubs88]

Absolutely haunting.

[akdesign]

thanks klassy