Mindwalk

Mindwalk
VHS box art
Directed by	Bernt Capra
Produced by	Klaus Lintschinger (executive)
Written by	Bernt Capra (story) Floyd Byars & Fritjof Capra (screenplay)
Starring	Liv Ullmann Sam Waterston John Heard
Music by	Philip Glass
Cinematography	Karl Kases
Edited by	Jean-Claude Piroué
Distributed by	Triton Pictures
Release dates	September 9, 1990 (1990-09-09)
Running time	112 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

The majority of the movie is a conversation among three characters: a Norwegian scientist, Sonia Hoffman (played by Liv Ullmann), "the only woman in my department, the first in Norway doing quantum field theory"; an American politician and former presidential candidate, Jack Edwards (played by Sam Waterston); and poet Thomas Harriman (played by John Heard), a former political speechwriter, as they wander around Mont Saint-Michel, France. The movie serves as an introduction to systems theory and systems thinking, while insights into modern physical theories such as quantum mechanics and particle physics are also given.^[1]

Political and social problems, and alternative solutions for them, are another major focus of the film. However, specific problems and solutions are not the main focus; rather, different perspectives are presented through which these problems can be viewed and considered. Sonia Hoffman's perspective is referred to as the holistic, or systems theory, perspective. Thomas Harriman, the poet, recites the poem "Enigmas" by Pablo Neruda (based on the translation by Robert Bly) at the end of the movie, concluding the core of the discussion.

The film was filmed on the mount and has views of many structures there, including the approach over the tidal flats, the cathedral, the walkways and the giant, ancient clock mechanism.

Cast

Liv Ullmann as Sonia Hoffman
Sam Waterston as Jack Edwards
John Heard as Thomas Harriman
Ione Skye as Kit Hoffman
Emmanuel Montes as Romain
Gabrielle Danchik as Tour guide
Jeanne van Phue as Tourist 1
Penny White as Tourist 2
Jean Boursin as Sacristan

References

↑ Wilmington, Michael. "MOVIE REVIEW: Mindwalk: Alluring but Limited Look at World", The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 25 October 1991. Retrieved on 09 November 2015.

External links

Mindwalk at the Internet Movie Database
Mindwalk at AllMovie
Mindwalk at Rotten Tomatoes

Philip Glass

Compositions	Music in Twelve Parts Glassworks String Quartet No. 2 The Light Passages Itaipu Songs from Liquid Days Aguas da Amazonia

Operas	Einstein on the Beach Satyagraha The Photographer Akhnaten The Civil Wars The Juniper Tree The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 1000 Airplanes on the Roof Hydrogen Jukebox The Voyage Monsters of Grace White Raven In the Penal Colony Galileo Galilei The Sound of a Voice Waiting for the Barbarians Appomattox Kepler The Perfect American

Symphonies	Symphony No. 1 (Low) Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 4 (Heroes) Symphony No. 5 (Choral) Symphony No. 6 (Plutonian Ode) Symphony No. 7 (A Toltec Symphony) Symphony No. 8 Symphony No. 9 Symphony No. 10

Concertos	Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tirol) Piano Concerto No. 2 (After Lewis and Clark) Harpsichord Concerto Violin Concerto (withdrawn) Violin Concerto No. 1 Violin Concerto No. 2 (American Four Seasons) Cello Concerto No. 1 Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra

Related articles	List of compositions by Philip Glass Philip Glass Ensemble Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts Minimal music Robert Wilson Dennis Russell Davies David Henry Hwang Errol Morris La Monte Young Steve Reich Terry Riley Kronos Quartet Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread

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