Peter Brook, one of the pioneers of the experimental theatre movement of the 1950s and 1960s, was the director of Meetings with Remarkable Men. Brook tells the story of Asian mystic G. I. Gurdjieff, here played by Dragan Maksimovic. Gurdjieff devotes his entire existence, from youth to old age, in quest of the meaning of life. He eventually develops a form of meditation incorporating modern dance. Terence Stamp, who in Meetings with Remarkable Men plays Prince Lubovedsky, himself briefly retreated from his career after this picture, in favor of Eastern meditation.
I watched a bit and am going to try again tonight when I don't have so much competition. I'm on a server that is overloaded plus being a ways away from it. I recall bits and pieces of Gurdjieff fondly. Thanks for this.
Thank you Linda, I saw the film for the first time last night. Very slow and gentle. Another tale of a truthseeker with a passion or drive to be 'awake'. I know little about this man who died in 1949...two years after my birth. All love.
Gurdjieff - Meetings With Remarkable Men
ReplyDeletePeter Brook, one of the pioneers of the experimental theatre movement of the 1950s and 1960s, was the director of Meetings with Remarkable Men. Brook tells the story of Asian mystic G. I. Gurdjieff, here played by Dragan Maksimovic. Gurdjieff devotes his entire existence, from youth to old age, in quest of the meaning of life. He eventually develops a form of meditation incorporating modern dance. Terence Stamp, who in Meetings with Remarkable Men plays Prince Lubovedsky, himself briefly retreated from his career after this picture, in favor of Eastern meditation.
I watched a bit and am going to try again tonight when I don't have so much competition. I'm on a server that is overloaded plus being a ways away from it.
ReplyDeleteI recall bits and pieces of Gurdjieff fondly.
Thanks for this.
Thank you Linda,
ReplyDeleteI saw the film for the first time last night. Very slow and gentle. Another tale of a truthseeker with a passion or drive to be 'awake'.
I know little about this man who died in 1949...two years after my birth.
All love.