Making 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: Forest of bliss (Motion picture),  Social life and customs,  Individual film directors, film-makers,  Våaråanasi (Uttar Pradesh, India),  Pop Arts / Pop Culture,  Film & Video - History & Criticism,  Social Science,  Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh, Ind,  Sociology,  Film & Video - Direction & Production,  Customs & Traditions,  Dodenbezorging.,  Etnografische films.,  Forest of bliss (Motion pictur,  Hindoeèisme.,  gtt,  India, social life and customs,  Motion pictures, india,  Forest of bliss

Places: Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)