giusebardaro Review of Peter Brook's the Mahabharata

Peter Brook's the Mahabharata (1989–1990)

Personal comment on the film The Mahabharata

[10/10 · 20 September 2006]

I have Just had the opportunity to see in Turin the version of the film lasting six hours. The plot , the actors and the director are excellent. It is not easy to bring this wonderful poem in the theatres and in the cinemas. The film gives the chance to get to know this Indian poem all over the world. The messages for the modern "Arjunas" are: 1. action 2. knowledge 3. devotion. Men should act without attachment, ignorance is a great limitation for the human kind, the vertical line expressed in the act of devotion puts men in an attitude of respect towards the reigns of nature and the divine reigns. The Mahabarata contains a pearl: it is the Bhagavad Gita where Krishna instructs the disciple how to cope with the everyday life in harmony with the universe towards the progress.