Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer (2002)

Sub-Genres - Biography, Literary Studies, Mythology, New Age & Metaphysics  |   Release Date - Jun 2, 2004 (USA - Limited)  |   Run Time - 91 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Tracie Cooper

Directed by Ralph Torjan, this documentary profiles the life of self-proclaimed shaman Carlos Castaneda. Castaneda's LSD-induced visions and other explorations of "non-ordinary reality" helped him develop a devoted following during the late '60s and early '70s -- so much so that he would find himself on the cover of Time magazine in 1973. Though many people dismissed Castaneda as a fraud, an equal amount followed his teachings religiously; however, several prominent believers mysteriously left the Castaneda enlightenment scene after his death in 1998. This production offers a variety of interviews with believers and decriers alike, and implements a wealth of psychedelic computer animation in an effort to impart Castaneda's hallucinogenic nature.

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career-retrospective, controversy, dreams, expose [revelation], guru, icon, mystery [enigma], myth, New-Age, Shamanism, sorcerer, spirituality, suspicion, writer