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Gurdjieff's legacy : establishing the teaching in the West, 1924-1949 /

"Shot on site in Paris, Avon, Mont. St. Michel, Lascaux, London, New York, and New Haven, the documentary traces Gurdjieff's life from his near-fatal car crash through to his giving meetings during the Nazi-occupation of Paris to his death in 1949. Examined in depth are the writing of his...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Patterson, Wm. Patrick (William Patrick) (Author, Director, Screenwriter, Narrator)
Corporate Author: Arete Communications
Other Authors: Angert, Richard (Producer, Editor), Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English soundtrack.
Published: Fairfax, Calif. : Arete Communications, [2007]
Series:Life & significance of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff ; pt. 3.
Subjects:
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, > 1872-1949.
Philosophers > Russia > Biography.
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, > 1872-1949 > Friends and associates.
Uspenskiĭ, P. D. > (Petr Demʹi︠a︡novich), > 1878-1947.
Orage, A. R. > (Alfred Richard), > 1873-1934.
Fourth Way (Occultism)
Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, > 1872-1949. > All and everything.
Philosophers > Soviet Union > Biography.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
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Summary:"Shot on site in Paris, Avon, Mont. St. Michel, Lascaux, London, New York, and New Haven, the documentary traces Gurdjieff's life from his near-fatal car crash through to his giving meetings during the Nazi-occupation of Paris to his death in 1949. Examined in depth are the writing of his Legominism All and Everything and his relationships with Orage, Ouspensky and Bennett."-- Gurdjieff Legacy website.
Item Description:Title from disc label.
Based on Struggle of the magicians by William Patrick Patterson.
DVD release of the documentary trilogy: The life & significance of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff; previously released on videocassette.
"Script based upon William Patrick Patterson's Struggle of the magicians."
"This has been a work project of Gurdjieff Legacy."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (1 hr., 26 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
Production Credits:Editors, Richart Angert ... [et al.]; manager, script & shoot, Barbara Allen Patterson; music, composed by G.I. Gurdjieff, performed by Camille Escudero.