Contributions

  • Östör, Ákos. - Contributor
  • Harvard Film Archive. - Contributor

Publication

2001 - Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

33,750 words, Guess

Page Count

135 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780674007871
  • Open LibraryOL3949078M

Classifications

  • DDC954/.2
  • LCCDS486.B4 G38 2001
  • LCCDS486.B4G38 2001

Alternate Titles

  • Forest of bliss

Description

"Robert Gardner's Forest of Bliss is a contemporary classic of nonfiction cinema. Recalling the conditions of its filming in Benares, India, in 1985, and presenting their moment-by-moment impressions upon watching it several years later, Gardner and anthropologist Akos Ostor probe questions of what it means to capture life - and death - on film. The resulting conversation is a lively exploration of issues philosophical, anthropological, and - above all - artistic. Making Forest of Bliss presents this dialogue, together with an introduction by philosopher Stanley Cavell and a newly mastered DVD of the film."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

gttSociologyHindoeèismeSocial ScienceDodenbezorgingForest of blissEtnografische films

Series Statement

  • Voices and visions in film

Other Editions

  • Making Forest of bliss: intention, circumstance, and chance in nonfiction film : a conversation between Robert Gardner + Ákos Östör.Harvard Film Archive2001-01-01

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