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The Mind and Life Institute (MLI) is pleased to offer the film "Monte
Grande" on the life of MLI co-founder Francisco Varela (1946-2001). We
have negotiated with American distributor First Run/Icarus Films to let
us sell this DVD through our website for only $29.95 plus shipping and
handling. Please order your copy today by clicking on
www.mindandlife.org/monte.gr...info.html
Franz Reichle, the filmmaker of Monte Grande conducted in-depth
interviews with Francisco before his death, pulled footage from a number of
video archives and interviewed a large number of Francisco's family and
colleagues. From this footage he has created a moving documentary that
will give you a unique insight into the life and mind of this
extraordinary human being. For anyone interested in the work of the Mind and
Life Institute, this film is a must.
Here are some comments on the DVD:
"Francisco was a master of synthesis -- admired, controversial and
endowed with the passion of an exceptionally gifted researcher. He was
highly instrumental in shaping modern systems theory as well as cognitive
science. He was a friend of the Dalai Lama and an unorthodox inspirer on
the international scientific scene. In Franz Reichle's film "Monte
Grande" -- the documentary account of a man's life in the face of imminent
death -- one gets to know Francisco Varela. This is the story of a man
that is told affectionately and gently, touchingly and astutely. Varela
spent his life building bridges: between Western science and Eastern
wisdom, neurobiology and philosophy, abstract theory and practical life.
This film succeeds in deconstructing the prevailing division between
science and art."
Bernhard Porksen
"Franz Reichle begins this cinematic portrait of Francisco Varela with
Schroedinger's famous question, 'What is Life?' This question also
preoccupied Varela as a scientist, but Reichle subtly and surely transforms
it into another, far more compelling concern, namely, 'What is a life?'
The film follows Varela through his many achievements, but it achieves
its mission most powerfully with Varela's rapprochement with death.
Here, in this journey, Varela finds the meaning of his life as a man, and
Reichle finds his film. A powerful and beautiful achievement."
Grande" on the life of MLI co-founder Francisco Varela (1946-2001). We
have negotiated with American distributor First Run/Icarus Films to let
us sell this DVD through our website for only $29.95 plus shipping and
handling. Please order your copy today by clicking on
www.mindandlife.org/monte.gr...info.html
Franz Reichle, the filmmaker of Monte Grande conducted in-depth
interviews with Francisco before his death, pulled footage from a number of
video archives and interviewed a large number of Francisco's family and
colleagues. From this footage he has created a moving documentary that
will give you a unique insight into the life and mind of this
extraordinary human being. For anyone interested in the work of the Mind and
Life Institute, this film is a must.
Here are some comments on the DVD:
"Francisco was a master of synthesis -- admired, controversial and
endowed with the passion of an exceptionally gifted researcher. He was
highly instrumental in shaping modern systems theory as well as cognitive
science. He was a friend of the Dalai Lama and an unorthodox inspirer on
the international scientific scene. In Franz Reichle's film "Monte
Grande" -- the documentary account of a man's life in the face of imminent
death -- one gets to know Francisco Varela. This is the story of a man
that is told affectionately and gently, touchingly and astutely. Varela
spent his life building bridges: between Western science and Eastern
wisdom, neurobiology and philosophy, abstract theory and practical life.
This film succeeds in deconstructing the prevailing division between
science and art."
Bernhard Porksen
"Franz Reichle begins this cinematic portrait of Francisco Varela with
Schroedinger's famous question, 'What is Life?' This question also
preoccupied Varela as a scientist, but Reichle subtly and surely transforms
it into another, far more compelling concern, namely, 'What is a life?'
The film follows Varela through his many achievements, but it achieves
its mission most powerfully with Varela's rapprochement with death.
Here, in this journey, Varela finds the meaning of his life as a man, and
Reichle finds his film. A powerful and beautiful achievement."
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