GURDJIEFF

GURDJIEFF
BY LOUIS PAUWELS

GEORGE INVANOVITCH GURDJIEFF

GEORGE INVANOVITCH GURDJIEFF
by P.L.TRAVERS

IDIOTS IN PARIS

IDIOTS IN PARIS
WE ARE ALL SOME KIND OF IDIOT

Monday, May 9, 2011

IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS,FRAGMENTS OF AN UNKNOWN TEACHING DVD

IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS, FRAGMENTS OF AN UNKNOWN TEACHING, is a DVD, in black and white, based the book with the same title(s) by P.D.Ouspensky and is produced by Fairway Films,PTY.Ltd, Sydney, Australia. I watched and re-watched i several times, in between listening sessions of the music of Gurdjieff, for several reasons. The actors were superb(though you could not hear what they said or spoke, as the entire thing was narrated in English by a convincing speaker. The editing was excellent but what interested me the most was the various footage, archival, of events in Russia,etc. during that time, WWI & The Russian Revolution and 'Ouspensky's' comments. For those who have seen the video MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN and admired the portrayal of Gurdjieff in that,I can only say, that as 'enjoyable' as that movie in its interpretation was(leaving aside its obvious ommissions) that the actor in IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS, who portrayed Gurdjieff seemed more closely to resemble him,except for the eyes of Gurdjieff which few can duplicate or attempt to duplicate This actor did not, of course, really fill Gurdjieff's presence. The film was narrated by the 'P.D.Ouspensky', a voice-over, but the film reflected several important things and omitted a lot of necessary information and left one wondering why Ouspenksy broke with Gurdjieff which seemed so 'abrupt'(Ishall give my own interpretation of why this happened, which is slight different from that of others who have commented on this...but,again it is my own speculation.... Still the film is important and so is the book,itself, only even more so! It needs to be carefully read.....as do all of Ouspensky's works....that stimulate the intellectual center

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