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| from Robert Gardner's Forest of Bliss |
Varanasi, India: City of Light,
home of Lord Shiva, the Forest of Bliss. Situated on the sacred Ganges River,
Varanasi is the site of a daily drama of ritual and devotion: Hindus from all
over the country make pilgrimages to worship in the city’s temples; devotees
bathe in the sacred waters; and the sick and aged make their last journey here
so they may die in this holiest of places. Yet all around, life goes on as
normal. In Forest of Bliss, the legendary filmmaker Robert Gardner captures the
human drama and daily life of a place like no other on earth. Both personal and
universal, the film is as stunning for its sound design as its
extraordinary imagery. Accompanied by Jonathan Schwartz’s Den of Tigers, a short
film which invites us to observe the sights and sounds of West Bengal through
the eyes of a visitor.
Program:
Robert Gardner, Forest of Bliss (1986), 90 minutes, 16mm, color/sound
Jonathan Schwartz, Den of Tigers (2002), 18 minutes, 16mm, color/sound
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| Jonathan Schwartz, Den of Tigers |
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Varanasi seen from the Ganges River, in Forest of Bliss |
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