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Mindwalk

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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. They travel to Mont Saint-Michel, speaking philosophically about their lives. While there, they meet Sonia Hoffman (Liv Ullmann), an academic who stopped teaching science at an American university when she realized her work was being used by the military. Together they discuss mankind's future through modern systems theory.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader May 26, 2022
2/4
The biographical facts about the characters that keep intruding here resemble the kind of political concessions and compromises the physicist and senator keep bringing up–that is, they dilute the “message” while allowing it to be heard and understood. Go to Full Review
Keith Uhlich Senses of Cinema May 7, 2002
As Saint Francis of Assisi reflects in ... La Chanson de Roland, Mont-Saint-Michel is a place of enquiry. Go to Full Review
Susan Granger www.susangranger.com Mar 9, 2007
4/5
Lori Hoffman Atlantic City Weekly Jan 25, 2006
3/5
Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope Apr 11, 2005
B
This "Big Idea" movie offers hope -- a way forward for the future of mankind, despite the fact that things are far worse now than they were in 1990, when this movie was released, or when the 1982 book it is based on, was published. Go to Full Review
Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette Jul 8, 2004
2/5
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Jeffrey M @RT07533073 Jan 8, 2025 The University of Colorado was one of the venues for the movie premier. I knew then that it was ahead of its time. That future has arrived. For those who have a challenge with thoughtful movies, well, what were you expecting? You may also be bored by “My Dinner With Andre.” But, your life may also be changed for just giving ideas a chance. See more Feb 3, 2022 A hidden gem for systems thinkers. See more Apr 17, 2021 Simply beautiful. Every single dialogue in this film is meaningful and capable of provoking incredibly deep reflections about life and nature. It proves that a movie doesn't need an unbelievable plot or any exaggerations to be interesting. See more May 28, 2020 If you want a movie to make you think, this is an absolute must see. A poet, a politician and a scientist debate the implications of modern vs postmodern philosophy while looking at a French castle. The ending is a touch too neat, but the storyline is not why you watch a movie like this. See more Jan 30, 2020 Kino ne khvatayet pravdopodobiya. Kak zhenshchina uchenyy? V fil'me muzhchiny menyayut golovy, no golova zhenshchiny ostayetsya prezhney. Sbivayet s tolku. Ona govorit, chto na kvantovom urovne net tverdykh predmetov, no kak veshchi ne padayut? Oni govoryat ob etom dlya 1/2 fil'ma. V drugom fil'me 1/2 oni govoryat o politike, no ni razu ne upomyanuli velichayshego filosofa vsekh vremen Dugina. Stradayut ot germano-rimskogo myshleniya, vrazhdebnogo slavyanskoy tsivilizatsii. Vo Frantsii pochemu byl zamok? Ne unichtozhen v slavnoy revolyutsii? See more Feb 24, 2019 Definitely a non conventional film that can feel a little lecturing at times, but there is great philosophical debate embedded in these interesting characters surrounded by great scenery. Definitely worth seeing. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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. They travel to Mont Saint-Michel, speaking philosophically about their lives. While there, they meet Sonia Hoffman (Liv Ullmann), an academic who stopped teaching science at an American university when she realized her work was being used by the military. Together they discuss mankind's future through modern systems theory.
Director
Bernt Amadeus Capra
Producer
Adriana Cohen, Adrianna "A.J." Cohen
Screenwriter
Floyd Byars, Fritjof Capra
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Box Office (Gross USA)
$7.6K
Runtime
1h 52m
Sound Mix
Surround
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