By: Josh L Cohen

Josh L Cohen — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:19:55 +0000

A Great Introduction to Campbell I was lucky enough to see a screening of the film while the director Patrick Takaya Solomon and Robert Walter were present. They had a Q and A after the film for the group and one of the questions that came up was why they did not include footage of Joseph Campbell talking in the film. Solomon wanted to make a different kind of film and he did note that the film kept to the essence of what Campbell was teaching. Walter, who worked directly with Campbell and was the president of the Joseph Campbell Foundation stated that the film did in fact hold true to the essence of Campbell’s teachings. Following Campbell’s death in 1987, Walter served as literary executor of Campbell’s estate, completing Volumes I and II of the Atlas and supervising its posthumous publication.This is one of those rare films, for me anyway, that is useful for internal processing, not for receiving facts and data about Joseph Campbell’s scholarship. Campbell had a lot to say and if you are looking for a more intellectual or academic approach to Campbell, there are many videos on this already. This is about speaking and acting from the heart. For those who do not understand how to interpret the stories or symbols in the film, I would invite those people to look more into symbolic thinkers like Campbell, Jung, Hillman, etc, and read their work. This film merely provides an introduction into this work and like a good documentary should, it opens up more questions than it answers. This sense of wonder is the point and the children in the film capture that sense of wonder and awe. If you feel confused, scared, or even skeptical, then the film has done its job. In addition, if you feel inspired, full of wonder, and energy afterward, you also have grasped the essence of the film

By: LMTinHawaii

LMTinHawaii — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:04:21 +0000

Everyone is his/her own hero I am a big fan of Joseph Campbell. This movie beautifully conveys Joseph Campbell’s core ideas in a way that is both entertaining and informative. If you are in the midst of a life change, this movie will reassure you that your story is not over and that you have chosen the hero’s path, your authentic self rather than the ‘black’ path created by your parents, society, and the media that leads only to frustration and the internal ache is discontentment.

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