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Films + books by and about Thomas Merton: Merton - A Film Biography + (Midtown East)
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Some info about "Merton - A Film Biography" (1984) is at:
https://www.amazon.com/Merton-Film-Biography-Alexander-Scourby/dp/B0002B55JS
Director : Paul Wilkes;Audrey Glynn
Media Format : NTSC, Multiple Formats, Color, Closed-captioned
Run time : 57 minutes
Release date : August 24, 2004
Actors : Alexander Scourby
Studio : FIRST RUN FEATURES
ASIN : B0002B55JS
For someone who may need an introduction to Thomas Merton, this is a good video. It explores much of his mind-set and good background to his spiritual journey. I was especially glad that the video didn't shy away from Merton's later-life exploration of non-Christian monasticism and mysticism. His untimely death prevents us from knowing what conclusions he may have drawn.
Merton's early years were particularly meaningful to me, and although he ends up reneging on much of what he wrote in Seven Story Mountain, that book was his most deeply Christian, mystical writing. I have felt bad over the years that Merton wasn't satisfied more with a more external spirituality. The video depicts well what must have been Merton's daily struggle and tension between the cloister and the 'world'.