The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell

1987 · 58 MIN · IMDB 8.1 · 239 VOTES · DIR. Janelle Balnicke

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Overview

One of the greatest storytellers of our time, and arguably the greatest mythologist, Joseph Campbell spent most of his long, rich career explaining how ancient myths like the Hero’s Journey are relevant to modern life. In understanding the importance of myth as a vital, vibrant source of "mankind’s one great story," Campbell inspired others to embark on a quest for the meaning of myth in their own lives. This biographical portrait, filmed shortly before his death in 1987, follows Campbell’s personal quest—a pathless journey of questioning, discovery, and ultimately of delight and joy in a life to which he said, "Yes."

DocumentaryHistory1980s

Dialogue Timeline — 884 lines

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00:00:35 And so Galahad decided
00:02:26 I realized this young man does not know what a metaphor is.
00:04:31 I mean, it's as simple as that.
00:06:39 I had an idea of doing a modern fairy tale.
00:09:16 all the reports of the bureau of ethnology
00:11:20 "all right, girlie, we're off."
00:13:10 they don't thank their idea of God for having given them
00:16:23 and the animal and plant and all this world here
00:18:30 And it has nothing to do with life here
00:20:28 and was given a book on the life of the Buddha.
00:22:42 but it has been intellectually interpreted.
00:24:42 as saying something totally different.
00:26:27 This is the function of mythology.
00:29:01 That's the mysticism of athletics.
00:32:06 of the primitive mythological motifs he had been drawn to
00:34:31 Well, I just said to hell with it.
00:36:31 How does that get healed?
00:38:29 Because he didn't even touch her.
00:41:25 And whether it was "Finnegan’s Wake"
00:43:57 was the synthesis of years of work.
00:46:45 Luke: I think we took a wrong turn.
00:49:45 We have lost all sense of that.
00:52:06 And I have a firm belief in this now
01:09:03 Joseph Campbell married

Cast & Characters

Peter Donat Self - Host Joseph Campbell Self - Mythologist Richard Adams Self - Author, Watership Down James Hillman Self - Psychologist George Lucas Self - Director, Star Wars Jean Erdman Self - Joseph's Wife

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed884
Dialogue density15.2 lines / min
First line00:00:35
Final line01:09:03

Production Record

DirectorJanelle Balnicke
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes239