Monte Grande: What is Life? (2005)
Overview
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.
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Heinz von Foerster
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Tenzin Gyatso
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Amy Cohen Varela
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Humberto Maturana
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Leonor Varela
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Francisco Varela
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Leonor Palma
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