Monte Grande: What is Life?

• Cast: Heinz von Foerster, Tenzin Gyatso, Amy Cohen Varela, Humberto Maturana, Leonor Varela
• Duration: 80 minutes
• Genre: Documentary
• Rating: 9/10
• Release Date: 2005-01-18

Documentary account of a man’s life in the face of imminent death – Francisco Varela's story told affectionately and gently, touchingly and astutely. Varela spent his life building bridges: between Western science and Eastern wisdom, neurobiology and philosophy, abstract theory and practical life. This film seeks to deconstructs the prevailing division between science and art.