| View Larger Image | Matter of Heart: The Extraordinary Journey of C.G. Jung | DVDStarring: Carl Gustav Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz, Barbara Hannah, Liliane Frey-Rohn, Laurens Van der Post
Directed By: Mark Whitney
Also With: Mark Whitney (Cinematographer), Mark Whitney (Producer), George Wagner (Producer), Suzanne Wagner (Writer)
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| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 107 minutes | | Format: | Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Studio: | Kino International | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.33:1 | | Release Date: | July 06, 2004 | | Sales Rank: | 16,090th |
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Product Description
Studio: Kino International Release Date: 07/06/2004 Run time: 107 minutes |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 7 reviews)
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Matter of Heart by Eleanor M. Coy (Austin, TX)  4 Stars
September 16, 2009
This video surprised me. It starts off slowly and unimpressively, but it builds. It mainly follows Jung's life but also does a fair job of explaining many of his major ideas. The video quality is not good. Most of the video is period, taken from either interviews of Jung himself or of his students. I found it both interesting and informative. A good introduction to Jung and his life and ideas.
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Memorable, moving by Freddie (NYC)  5 Stars
September 11, 2009
This piece is effective and artful in the best sense. It captures the essence of Jung's principles and ideas through the words of Jung himself and the people who knew and worked with him. An impressively atmospheric opus. Most interesting and compelling for me are the film clips from the little seen (and known about) 4 hour interview in 1957 by the University of Houston (apparently never televised). This footage reveals Jung's personality (and character) as well as his philosophy in a highly vivid and explicit manner, as a thinker of great consequence for our age.
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matter of soul by Carl Heiden (Portland oregon usa) 5 Stars
January 11, 2007
I remember seeing this documentary years ago when I was in college. Once a year it would come to town and show at a small theater and I would make the annual pilgrimage to see it. Well twenty years later I found it to be available and paid a pretty penny for it. I was not disappointed in the least. Personally as I reflect on the title it's rather inaccurate a touch. Matter of Heart seems to convey more sentimentality. I come away with feelings of deep resonating awe and fear, admiration, or/ and amazement. This is great witness to a man that lived with the world on his shoulders, and what I find refreshing is that the story is told by his contemporaries; Patients, friends colleagues... We get to see the real guy and not a lot of fond eulogistic praise. One comes away changed and reflective to man's purpose or lack thereof on this planet. I was surprised at the occultish overtones to his work and practice. Today one is ridiculed at the thought of lecturing pots and pans, or communicating with disembodied spirits. And maybe I'm giving him too much credit but by the end of this movie Jung makes it seem all in a days work.
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Must have by Ruth S. Kroon (Sarasota, FL)  3 Stars
January 09, 2007
Anyone with an interest in Carl Jung should find this DVD fascinating. The impressions of people who actually knew him and worked with him is a special treat.
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Shaman Of The Twentieth Century ~ The Old Witchdoctor Up Close And Personal by Brian E. Erland (Brea, CA - USA) 5 Stars
November 12, 2005
Carl Gustav Jung, the Swiss doctor and psychoanalyst is without a doubt one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century. While his influence may not be easily discerned by the populace at large, his ideas and concepts have become pervasive nonetheless. He is the man who gave us such concepts as: synchronicity, archetypes and the collective unconscious.
The genius of the man was not that he came up with anything new, in fact exactly the opposite is true. He examined the intuitive knowledge of antiquity and the few 'primitive' cultures that still practiced the 'old ways' and simply translated that knowledge into modern day terminology. In other words, he brought ancient occult concepts and beliefs into the modern world. Thanks to the advent of 'Jungian Psychology' the interior landscape of dreams and visions once again became valid, acceptable fields of study after centuries of ridicule and disbelief.
For those who wish to rebel against what I just said, please read his writings first before you cast your stones in my direction. Jung himself acknowledged this fact. He referred to himself as the old witchdoctor and when he talked about the shamanic inclination he answered affirmatively, "I have that inclination."
It's unfortunate that we don't have film of Jung earlier in life. What is presented in this documentary is primarily interviews with those who knew or worked with Jung and those individuals interviewed such as Marie-Louise Von Franz, Laurens Van Der Post and Aniela Jaffe are quite old as they search their memories to give us a glimpse into the persona of the great psychoanalysist.
Be that as it may, this is a wonderful DVD and a must for those devotees of Carl Jung. There is a great deal of insight into the person of Jung provided by those who knew and loved him the most. When you listen to these interviews notice the numerous accounts that attest to uncanny insight or foreknowledge exhibited by the mysterious Dr. Jung. Something more was going on than just insight. There is also footage of a wonderful interview with him late in life that allows you to experience the man firsthand. That alone makes this DVD documentary a worthwhile purchase.
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