Cinema nirvana
Subtitle: enlightenment lessons from the movies
By: Dean Sluyter.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
Subjects: Motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Description: "Movie fans and spiritual seekers, unite! In Cinema Nirvana, meditation teacher and award-winning film critic Dean Sluyter illuminates the hidden enlightenment teachings of Casablanca, Jaws, The Graduate, The Godfather, Memento, and ten other classic films, revealing spiritual wisdom in everything from 007's secret weapons to the colors of the Seven Dwarfs' eyes. So grab your popcorn, sit back, and prepare to have your mind opened. Cinema Nirvana is a funny but wise, practical but wildly entertaining guide to finding enlightenment-- one movie at a time."--(p. 4 of Cover).
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Snow white and the seven dwarfs (1937): dare to be dopey; title: The big sleep (1946): dancing in the dark; title: Independence Day (1996): this is it; title: The graduate (1967): whaddaya got?; title: Easy rider (1969): we blew it; title: Jaws (1975): all you can eat; title: The Truman show (1998): the real world; title: Memento (2000): now, where was I?; title: The godfather (1972): I believe in America; title: Goldfinger (1964): divine heaviness; title: Invasion of the body snatchers (1956): the lies of the enlightened; title: Fistful of dollars (1964): spaghetti samurai; title: Jailhouse rock (1957): nix, nix; title: A night at the opera (1935): nothing happens; title: Casablanca (1942): you must remember this.