| Description |
1 online resource (86 min.) |
| Series |
Filmakers library online |
| Contents |
Yet to die -- Death as life -- Death anxiety -- Creation stories -- Symbols -- Striving for immortality -- Annihilation -- Looking for evil -- Violence inherent -- Common denominator |
| Summary |
Narrated by Golden Globe Winner Gabriel Byrne (Usual Suspects, HBO's In Treatment, Miller's Crossing), this 7-time Best Documentary award-winning film is the most comprehensive and mind-blowing investigation of humankind's relationship with death ever captured on film. Hailed by many viewers as a 'life-transformational film, ' Flight from Death uncovers death anxiety as a possible root cause of many of our behaviors on a psychological, spiritual, and cultural level. Following the work of the late cultural anthropologist, Ernest Becker, and his Pulitzer Prize-winning book Denial of Death, this documentary explores the ongoing research of a group of social psychologists that may forever change the way we look at ourselves and the world. Over the last twenty-five years, this team of researchers has conducted over 300 laboratory studies, which substantiate Becker's claim that death anxiety is a primary motivator of human behavior, specifically aggression and violence. Flight from Death features an all-star cast of scholars, authors, philosophers, and researchers including Sam Keen, Robert Jay Lifton, Irvin Yalom, and Sheldon Solomon culminating in a film that is 'not only thought-provoking but also entertaining and put together with a lot of class' (Eric Campos, Film Threat). Three years in the making and beautifully photographed in eight different countries, Flight from Death is 'a stimulating, ultimately life-affirming film, filled with big ideas and revelatory footage' (Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times) |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 14, 2014) |
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This edition in English |
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Won 2003 Beverly Hills Film Festival, Audience Choice for Best Documentary; Won 2003 Ohio Independent Film Festival, Best Documentary; Won 2003 Silver Lake Film Festival, Best Documentary; Won 2004 Malibu Film Festival Best Documentary; Won 2004 Northern Lights Documentary Film Festival, Best Documentary; Won 2004 Northwest Film Forum, Best Documentary; Won 2004 Rhode Island International Film Festival, Best Documentary |
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Fear of death.
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Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Interpersonal relations.
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Death -- Psychological aspects.
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Fear of death.
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Interpersonal relations.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Byrne, Gabriel, 1950-
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Bennick, Greg.
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Shen, Patrick.
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Filmakers Library online.
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