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Mythos

1999 · 3 seasons

A calm, scholarly lecture that rewards close listening with sweeping ideas about stories, belief and what it means to be human.

Genres
Documentary
Starring
Joseph Campbell, Susan Sarandon
Overview
Mythos is a three-part documentary that consists of a series of lectures given by Joseph Campbell. Campbell conceived of the original lectures, filmed over the last six years of his life, as a summation of what he had learned about the human mythic impulse, in terms of psychology, ethnology and comparative mythology—what he called "the one great story of mankind."

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Genres
Documentary
Starring
Joseph Campbell, Susan Sarandon
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • identity
  • art
  • memory
  • death
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension1
Darkness2
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary
Starring
Joseph Campbell, Susan Sarandon
Length
3 seasons, 15 episodes
Network
PBS
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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