Monte Grande: What is Life? (2005)
Documentary account of a man’s life in the face of imminent death – Francisco Varela's story told affectionately and gently, touchingly and astutely. Varela spent his life building bridges: between Western science and Eastern wisdom, neurobiology and philosophy, abstract theory and practical life. This film seeks to deconstructs the prevailing division between science and art.
Director:
Franz Reichle
Writer:
Franz Reichle
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Heinz von Foerster as Self |
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Tenzin Gyatso as Self |
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Amy Cohen Varela as Self |
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Humberto Maturana as Self |
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Leonor Varela as Self |
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Francisco Varela as Self |
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Leonor Palma as Self |
| Camera | Matthias Kälin | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Franz Reichle | Director |
| Camera | Franz Reichle | Director of Photography |
| Production | Marcel Hoehn | Producer |
| Editing | Franz Reichle | Editor |
| Sound | Patrick Storck | Sound Editor |
| Production | Paul Riniker | Producer |
| Writing | Franz Reichle | Screenplay |
| Sound | Franz Reichle | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Sandra Gisler | Executive Producer |