All the Ships at Sea | |
Director: | Dan Sallitt |
Producer: | Julie Spiegel |
Cinematography: | Duraid Munajim |
Editing: | Dan Sallitt |
Production Companies: | Static Productions |
Distributor: | Grasshopper Film |
Country: | United States |
Runtime: | 64 minutes |
Language: | English |
All the Ships at Sea is a 2004 American independent drama film directed by Dan Sallitt.
A professor of theology, named Evelyn (Strawn Bovee), and her sister Virginia (Edith Meeks), reunite to discuss their past experiences and what having religious beliefs means to them.
In a positive review for Variety, Scott Foundas said, "To encounter characters this authentically self-aware and introspective in an American film is rare, and pic heightens the effect by keeping the camera motionless and shooting in uncluttered, tableau-like close-ups and two-shots, putting Evelyn and Virginia front and center almost the entire time."[1]
In a retrospective of Sallitt's films, Dana Stevens of Slate wrote about All the Ships at Sea, saying, "The encounter of these two women makes for a philosophically rich, emotionally naked chamber piece that’s reminiscent of Bergman films like Persona or Through the Glass Darkly."[2]