Chris Hicks, movie critic. . The movie never made much at the box office. My Dinner With Andre. St. Michael, France. Like "My Dinner With Andre," "Mindwalk" is a conversation movie — talk, talk, talk . A US politician (Sam Waterston) visits his poet friend (John Heard) in Mont. There are plenty of those, and for interested audiences that should be more than enough. Some pretty big actors for a plotless movie. Mindwalk is a 1990 feature film directed by Bernt Amadeus Capra, based on his own short story, based in turn on the book The Turning Point by his brother Fritjof Capra, the author of the book The Tao of Physics. SYNOPSIS: “Mindwalk,” like “My Dinner with Andre,” is a dialogue-driven film, which explores basic philosophical questions. It struck me as a metaphor and example of an exploration that is the spirit of this site. The Man from the Earth was a great movie having a great philosophical discussion about origin of human beings, existence, biology and religion. In this case, the principal subject is holistic vs. atomistic ways of viewing the world. And in my net during the night I woke up naked. St. Michael in France, talking about physics and "New Age" stuff. Mindwalk (1990) [Sub. Movies like My Dinner With Andre 1981 Movie. By Deseret News Feb 18, 1992, 12:00am MST. Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, and John Heard manage to make mind-tripping both entertaining and edifying. Those of like mind will savor Mindwalk's smorgasbord approach to science, history, politics, the nature of evil, and the Gaia Hypothesis as a real treat. 1981 American comedy-drama film directed by Louis Malle, and written by and starring Andre Gregory (Andre) and Wallace Shawn (Wally). They don't even notice them. posted by zardoz at 8:18 PM on October 2, 2005 They think this is the movies, but this room is absolutely contemporary. One of my fave films: Mindwalk 1990 A film for passionate thinkers. Entire movie is a few "characters" slowly walking around Mont. I walked around like you investigating the endless star. Fritjof, a physicist best known for the book The Tao of Physics, advocates ‘systems thinking’, the idea that everything is connected. But it certainly did have an impact on me. Everybody's got a torture chamber now. Financing played a role in the actors chosen for the movie, a kind of ironic humor if you think about it in context to what the entire movie is about. Mindwalk (1990), written and directed by Bernt Amadeus Capra, is based on his brother Fritjof Capra’s philosophy, specifically his 1982 book The Turning Point. Except for ideas. Jack Edwards (Sam Waterston) is a disillusioned former presidential candidate who escapes to France to see his friend Thomas Harriman (John Heard), an expatriate poet. . and little else. The fast action, sex, blood, money crazed movies that we all love. DVD … Check out Mindwalk. The fact that Mindwalk was based on a book also gives some explanation to the choppy scenes, as many omissions were probably made. Paramount Home Video, 10/91. I chose the title Mindwalk because it was a way of capturing the spirit of this page. The film was directed by Austiran-born Bernt Capra, a Hollywood production designer. While walking through the medieval island discussing their philosophies of life they happen upon Sonja (Liv Ullman), a scientist in recluse, who joins in their conversation. Very interesting and compelling. (See Wikipedia for more background on the movie). The actors play fictionalized versions of themselves sharing a conversation at …

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