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this body is so impermanent… (2021)
Directed by Peter Sellars
· 1h 18m
A film featuring singer Ganavya, calligrapher Wang Dongling, and dancer Michael Schumacher who during COVID lockdown, created an hour-long meditation on the visionary, radiant Vimalakirti Sutra, a Buddhist text from the first century CE. A businessman, having chosen a path of illness towards spiritual awakening, teaches the visitors at his deathbed with depth and penetration: how to face life with no illusions. The artists, across three continents and three artforms, interpret the text individually and collaboratively, sharing a story of acute pain, deep healing, and radical transformation.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Peter Sellars
- Director of Photography
- Nelson Yu Lik-wai
- Editor
- Tim Squyres
- Producer
- Peter Sellars, Caleb Hammons, Julia Carnahan, Susan Pertel Jain, Cheng-Sim Lim, Jason Silverman, Cathy Teixeira
Details
- Release date
- 2021-03-17
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Original language
- EN
- Production
- UCLA Boethius Initiative, Fisher Center at Bard