- Actors: Joseph Campbell, Peter Donat, Jean Erdman, George Lucas
- Directors: David Kennard, Janelle Balnicke
- Writers: Janelle Balnicke, Bill Free, Phil Cousineau
- Producers: Janelle Balnicke, Stuart L. Brown, William Free
- Format: NTSC
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Fox Lorber/Vid Can.
- Release Date: Oct 1 2002
- Run Time: 58 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005Y71V
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#81,191 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #6 in DVD > Special Interests > Religion & Spirituality > Mythology
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Joseph Campbell, author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces, a scholar who achieved legendary status as an explicator of myths, is reverently profiled in this documentary that encompasses his long life and career. During his childhood in New York City, Campbell was taken to see "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West Show at Madison Square Garden. Young Campbell was fascinated by the Native Americans in Cody's performing troupe and eventually became obsessed with mythology. As he came to realize that myths worldwide had the same underpinnings, he also discovered his life's work. This documentary mentions Campbell's affinity for the writings of James Joyce and Carl Jung, and there is ample footage of Campbell, casual in flannel shirts, giving lectures salted with references to Buddhism, Christianity, classical mythology, St. Augustine, and the rituals of plains Indians. In later life, Campbell is seen being honored at a banquet at which George Lucas rises to give him credit for helping to inspire the writing of Star Wars. After Campbell's death in 1987, heated controversies arose about his work, but this documentary is an overwhelmingly positive look at his writings, lectures, and personality. --Robert J. McNamara
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Visual Homage,
By MpS (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Campbell, Joseph: Hero's Journey (VHS Tape)
This visual look at the energetic scholar of literature and religion captures his infectious high spirits nicely. Campbell has fun with his material, which is--contrary to the critcism of Diogenes-the-reviewer--of real substance and depth. It's not the easy syncretism of rebellious adolescent dabblers in Eastern religion: it's mature, creative thinking by a deeply read scholar, and if you're just goofing off with "spirituality," like much of today's pop New Age devotees, you feel quickly out of your depth with this stuff. Any writer or tradition he raises for discussion, he is steeped in. Show me shallowness, Diogenes, in his discussions of Joyce or Schopenhauer, Buddhism or Christianity. Having a vast range to one's education, doesn't automatically mean one's understanding is spread thin. Let this look at a great mind and spirit inspire you, prospective Campbellians,to serious look at his work.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Campbell Shines Again,
By A Customer
This review is from: Joseph Campbell Heros Journey (DVD)
This nice little film gives a not too detailed overview of Campbell's life and manages to cover some of his main mythological points as well. If someone doesn't have time to be introduced to Campbell with "The Power of Myth" series, then this one hour documentary should do.A semi-classic moment: look for when Campbell is explaining that the priest who attended his lecture called what Campbell was saying, "blasphemy" - Campbell looks (and sounds) so hurt when recounting that story!
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Power of Myth: The Heros Adventure (Volume One),
By brandon kryak (Cornelia, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Joseph Campbell Heros Journey (DVD)
In The Power of Myth: The Hero's Adventure (Volume One), Bill Moyers, the show's host, interviews Joseph Campbell, the father of modern myth. The interview is set on George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch in Northern California. The reason for this seemingly random setting is one of the main themes in the movie, which is how George Lucas's Star Wars movies can relate to myths of old. The movie involves many various clips from the three original Star Wars movies (Episode IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, and Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi) that depict certain aspects of myths being described in the interview. I think it is very interesting the way that the Star Wars movies are tied right into the interview and how the clips are shown along the way. Joseph Campbell does a very well job describing the myths he told about in the interview and telling how they relate to the Star Wars Clips. I believe this movie is a very complete portrayal of myths that can be a real learning experience for someone new to the world of mythology and even someone learned in the ways of myths. This movie is a bit slow at times, but a powerful movie nonetheless. I would recommend it to an older crowd, just because of the deep and intellectual level of the movie.
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