Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer (2004)

Director:

Ralph Torjan

Writer:

Ralph Torjan (writer)

Release Date:

27 February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Voyage Into Non-Ordinary Reality

Plot:

History, speculation, experimental footage, and even animation is all used to explore the impact of Carlos Castaneda's teachings of perceiving non-ordinary reality.

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Carlos Castaneda	...	Himself
Peter Coyote	...	(voice)
Robert J. Feldman	...	Himself
Richard Jennings	...	Himself
Amy Wallace	...	Herself
Melissa Ward	...	Herself

Runtime:

USA:91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Venice, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Sirius Bandits

Trivia:

Without a single penny spent in advertising, the film managed to rank second in per-screen Box Office for the weekend of 16-19 April 2004, grossing $6,982 on one screen at The Roxie Cinema in San Francisco.

Quotes:

Victor Sanchez: It's certainly an extraordinary phenomenon. Carlos Castaneda is going to remain a mystery, a really appealing mystery, until the end. Forever.

bad Documentary

I live in Mexico, I have read Castaneda's books, and this "enigma of a sorcerer" is a bad film. You will know what is Carlos Castaneda by reading his books, and searching the web for info. This documentary does not offer any interesting or some good info.

This films wants to be like "What The Bleep" for the visual effects and the "panel experts" but with bad effects (any computer with a visual effects like Winamp or I-tunes do the same)

Also does not talk about consciousness or different consciousness states, maybe I think that could be a film that explore perception and different human (sorcerer) powers, but none of this.

All that you need is the books.

Even for the new people who wants to know about him, i do not recommend this film.

Carlos Mexico City