Forest of bliss

Duration: 90

Year Published: 1985

Creator: Arthur Cantor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: This experiential film presents, without commentary or subtitles, the stark realities of Benares, a sacred Indian city devoted to the dead. The film unfolds from one sunrise to the next and follows in images of beauty, mystery and savagery the seemingly endless rounds of ritual. Connecting these scenes are three men: a genial healer who tends the sick and dying, a conscientious priest who performs sacred rites and the gloomy king of the cremation grounds.

Complete Record: This experiential film presents, without commentary or subtitles, the stark realities of Benares, a sacred Indian city devoted to the dead. The film unfolds from one sunrise to the next and follows in images of beauty, mystery and savagery the seemingly endless rounds of ritual. Connecting these scenes are three men: a genial healer who tends the sick and dying, a conscientious priest who performs sacred rites and the gloomy king of the cremation grounds. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.