Meetings With Remarkable Men (Part 8 of 11)

Filmed in 1979 by Peter Brook. A classic spiritual movie of G.I. Gurdjieff struggles beginning with his childhood until his discovery of The Fourth Way, an ancient spiritual tradition that used sacred movements as meditation. The story in this film is based on Gudjieff's book with the same title, which is the second book of his trilogy: "All and Everything".

During his long career, director Peter Brook has conducted a wide range of theatrical experiments, pushing audiences and performers well beyond their typical experience of theater, in an effort to achieve not a temporary catharsis but a transcendent, transformative event. As the narrator of THE MAHABHARATA says, "If you listen carefully, at the end, you'll be somebody else."

This interest in transformation that has characterized the latter part of Brook's career continues with this adaptation of the autobiography of famed mystic G.I. Gurdjieff, which stars Dragan Maksimovic. Driven by a sense of unwavering dedication to unraveling the meaning of human existence, he journeys throughout the most unattainable areas of the East, encountering an array of Hindu fakirs, Buddhist monks, whirling dervishes, and gurus of every stripe.

In search of enlightenment, he climbs the Himalayas, walks across the desert on stilts, and uncovers evidence of an ancient order, guards of an arcane wisdom. Most fascinating, perhaps, is the form of dance he created as a form of meditation and later taught in the West. A film that may be best appreciated by those already familiar with the work of Gurdjieff, MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN features spectacular photography and a highly evocative score, incorporating various indigenous musics.

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[HowardTheFrog]

thanks for posting this.

[MastersofWisdom]

The "Journey into Kafiristan" is from a Kipling story "The Man Who Would Be King", which was made into a movie in 1975. Did Gurdjieff take it from Kipling, or Kipling from Gurdjieff, who knows.

[eotto2001]

I'm having a bit of a problem with the pacing, the sound, and the lighting in this but Brook is that kind of director. I have to think that Spielberg borrowed a lot from this film for Indiana Jones. Everything is understated with this. Yes, faith cannot be given to men.

[ajayhooda]

Yes professor, thinking and knowing are quite different.

[sorenm2]

are you allowed to show this movie?

[brazos7]

@HowardTheFrog

[yooofight]

Great job "aware"

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[MKAskina]

Exellent film