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Monte Grande: What Is Life?
2004 · 1 hr 20 mins
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.
Director: Franz Reichle
Cast: Heinz von Foerster, Tenzin Gyatso, Amy Cohen Varela, Humberto Maturana, Leonor Varela