"We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we
show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth."
-- Blaise Pascal
   
 

"So far only art is still born out of the activity of the living spirit, out
of the intuitive perception. Art alone has had a natural and therefore
a normal and healthy origin and development. The spirit, however,
does not express itself in the intellect, but in the intuitive perceptions,
and only manifests in what is generally called "deep inner feeling"
("Gemuet"). That is just what the intellectual man of today, who is so
inordinately proud of himself, likes to mock and ridicule. Thus he
derides what is most valuable in man, yes, the very thing that
really makes man a human being!"
Vol. 1, Ch. 19: Once Upon a Time
(Click here to listen to the entire chapter in MP3 audio - 1:01:32)

 

   
   LATEST ADDITIONS (as of 05/19/07)
             What Turns a Man into a Human Being?
             A Fragment Cut Out of Eternity
             Eternal Time
             Spiritual and Material
             A Priest's Vision
ZANUSSI AT RICE - a 70 min. interview with the great Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi given exclusively
             to cinemaseekers.com on 2/5/2007. Dr. Zanussi, who was a close friend of Andrei Tarkovsky,
             discloses for the first time an astonishing request Tarkovsky made before his death.
             The Holy Grail
             The New Way
             The Inner Essence of Man
             The Purity Issue
             Lucifer & the Open Wound
             Lucifer's "Accomplishments'
             Parsifal
             The Grail Legend
             The Grail Cross
             The Grail Message
             What is Happiness?
             Poem for Parsifal
             Further Reading
            
   WHAT ARE YOU SEEKING?
 
   GREAT SEEKING FILMS
  
   SEEKING DIRECTORS
The Spiritual Worlds of Alexander Sokurov:
  
   ART CINEMA TODAY 
 
   CHRIST IN CINEMA
Christ in Cinema: A different perspective on the cinematic legacy of the life of Christ 
              Introduction
             "The Passion of the Christ"
             "The Last Temptation of Christ"
             "The Gospel According to St. Matthew"
             "Jesus of Montreal"
             "Jesus of Nazareth"
              High Art Cinema & The Legacy of Christ
            
    PHILOSOPHY & FILM
 
   WOMEN IN FILM
 
   NEW PERSPECTIVES ON POPULAR FILMS
 
   ORIGINAL FILMS BY GREGORY & MARIA PEARSE 
 
   RUSSIAN PAGE
 
   MUSIC AND FILM 
               Introduction
               Winterreise DVD
               Schubert & Wolf recital DVD
               Die schöne Müllerin CD
               J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion CD
               Conclusion
 
   ORIGINAL ART
 
   THE GRAIL QUEST
 
   FINAL WORDS
 
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(The image at the top is the last shot from "Ashik Kerib" by Sergei Paradjanov)
 
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