| | This is absolutely a very unique movie, in my experience. 3 people (poet, politician, physicist; Heard, Waterston, Tyler) wandering through France's beautiful countryside (including Mont St. Michel at low-tide) doing absolutely nothing except discussing everything from modern-science theory to 'the meaning of life.' Most of the discussions superficially seem to be aimlessly wandering, but the connections (logical or merely associative, you be the judge) amongst the subjects are what make the whole screenplay (er...script) fascinating. Indeed, most of the subjects are talked more in terms of questions-raised (granted, a possible biased bent-in-direction therein influenced by Bernt Capra's father Fritjof Capra) rather than all-agreed upon answers to such, but, I give high-praise to anything or person that I can 1st call 'thought-provoking.' After all, such is what led me to read the rest of Rand after The Fountainhead.
Many reviewers have compared this to My Dinner With Andre (which I've read mucho references to, though not seen yet) and What The !@#$ Do We Know? I'd say Mindwalk is more t-p than the latter ever thought of being.
If you have a couple hours free for 'watching' an updated version of the old Socratic dialogues (no soap-opera, no shooting or blow-ups, no suspense e-v-e-n; just discussion on contemporary and relevent topics...intelligently done), this is worth...hearing and/or watching.
J-D
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