Joseph Campbell and the power of myth [videorecording] / a production of Apostrophe S Productions, Inc. in association with Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc. and Public Affairs Television, Inc. ; presented by WNET, New York, WTTW, Chicago.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: MYS76462 | Mystic Fire VideoPublication details: New York : Mystic Fire Video, c2001.Description: 2 videodiscs (6 hr.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1561764620
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 201/.3 22
Contents:
Disc 1. The hero's adventure -- The message of the myth -- The first storytellers -- Disc 2. Sacrifice and bliss -- Love and the goddess --Masks of eternity.
Production credits:
  • Original music composed by Richard Peaslee.
Summary: Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell discuss the themes and roots of human myth which is seen as man's attempt to relate himself to the universe. Starting with various topics Campbell shows both how man creates his universe and is controlled by the myth he has created.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD BL 304 .J6 1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc One 98642274
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD BL 304 .J6 1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc Two 98642275

Originally produced for television broadcast in 1988.

Bonus features include: interview with George Lucas; biographies; bibliographies; art gallery; chapter indexes; trailer; weblinks.

Disc 1. The hero's adventure -- The message of the myth -- The first storytellers -- Disc 2. Sacrifice and bliss -- Love and the goddess --Masks of eternity.

Original music composed by Richard Peaslee.

Taped at the library of Lucasfilm, Skywalker Ranch, San Rafael, California [and] the American Museum of Natural History, New York in summers of 1986 and 1987.

Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell discuss the themes and roots of human myth which is seen as man's attempt to relate himself to the universe. Starting with various topics Campbell shows both how man creates his universe and is controlled by the myth he has created.

DVD.

Closed-captioned.

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