--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It appears to be a one-sided report of a writer just > a spoon-fed movement press releases.
I'm watching it now, and sadly, I have to agree somewhat. The documentary was clearly made with the full cooperation of the TMO, otherwise they wouldn't have had access to all of the photos and archive footage that they used. And they clearly told them who to interview, people who are still "movement-friendly" or who have a history of not speaking ill about it (like Chopra). The producers obviously settled for this, and didn't dig much further. That said, it *was* fun to see all those old, familiar faces again, both then and now. Jerry still looks jolly. Donovan is still a blissninny, but looks to me old and not terribly healthy, at least to me. Mike Love's still clearly as big an egomaniac as he ever was, trying to take writing credit for a Beatles song. :-) We get to see glimpses of David and Jessamine Verril, Charley, Walter Koch, and other early leaders of the movement. It was fascinating hearing David Lynch talking about his ever- present anger before starting to meditate, and relating that to his own comic strip, "The Angriest Dog In The World." Bevan, whom I have not seen in person since 1977, was a major revelation -- it's difficult to fathom the degree of physical degradation he's undergone unless you know what he looked like before. Theresa Olsen still looks pretty good. Hagelin was an embarrassment in my opinion, but I'm sure some will think that he came across well. Despite Vaj's characterization, the narrator did mention Maharishi's tendency to exaggerate, and the loss of credibility that followed the introduction of the siddhis. They also included a short clip from Geoff Gilpin that was not completely On The Program and expressed mainly nostalgia for the times when one could still believe in it all, and disappointment in what it had become. On the other hand, the narrator blithely repeats the claim that "six million people now practice TM." In their dreams. All in all, though, it was a fascinating trip down memory lane, a lot like visiting one's old elementary school and trying to remember what it felt like to be the person who went to classes there. Does anyone know who the dark-haired woman was talking to Maharishi in the film clip from Lake Tahoe. with the lake in the background? She looked familiar to me, but I just can't put a name to the face.
