If you want to obtain a copy of this “lost” or “hidden” picture, good luck. Mindwalk is currently only available on VHS format (not DVD) and is very hard to come by, due to its lack of popularity. However, if you do happen to come across a copy of Mindwalk, dust it off and give it a chance. Mindwalk is, just as its title claims, a walk of the mind, and it is truly one of the most thought-provoking and stimulating pictures ever made.
Mindwalk is a trip into the minds of three individuals: a politician, a poet, and a physicist. Jack Edwards (the politician, played by Sam Waterston) just recently came up short on his presidential campaign. After being defeated in the U.S. election, Jack contacts an old friend named Thomas (the poet, played by John Heard) to meet him in France for a daytrip. Jack hopes the trip will allow him to escape the monotony of politics and his D.C. lifestyle. Once Jack and Thomas reach the secluded and scenic medieval islet of Mont St. Michel, they meet Sonia (the physicist turned philosopher, played by Liv Ullman) and engage in a developing three-way conversation discussing everything from politics and philosophy, to sub-atomic physics and ecology.
Mindwalk is a classic example of what is called a “conversation film." The characters literally just walk around and talk with each other for the entire length of the film. With that being said, the film has to rely solely on its intelligent and enlightening discourse, and its dialogue is written well enough that the words do not come off as being over-the-head, dizzying, or pompous. The characters' discussion is abstract, and the rhetoric is intellectually intriguing--but not so much that you need to have a dictionary nearby.
Mindwalk delves into commentaries on global warming, o-zone depletion, deforestation, water pollution, and littering, and how they affect the world on a political and metaphysical level. The three characters discuss various generalities of Western thought and Descartes, human nature and intervention, the role of the individual, and the systems theory.
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Article comments
1 - Aaman
Too bad it isn't on DVD
2 - Dana Steinheimer
You can get the whole movie in 9 parts on youtube, and I absolutely recommend you do. Excellent movie, one of my favorites
3 - Suman Ganapathy
My favourite movie of all time. I watch it on youtube ever so often, and try to spread the word about it as much as I can. Frankly, I prefer it to "Dinner with Andre" any day.