MOVIE

The Deer Hunter

1978

An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.

183 min

FindCenter Video Image

The Hero's Journey of Self-Discovery

The cycle of the hero’s journey is a tale that is told over and over again, calling us to change by pushing us out of our comfort zone. These lessons are repeated over and over again, as one learns from their mistakes and improves upon life.

Joseph Campbell

FindCenter Video Image

Benjamin Bidlack: “The Hero’s Journey in Modern Life” | Mindshare LA TEDx

This is an abbreviated version of Benjamin Bidlack’s presentation “The Hero’s Journey in Modern Life,” given at the prestigious Mindshare LA TEDx conference in Los Angeles.

Joseph Campbell

FindCenter Video Image

What Is the Hero’s Journey?: Pat Soloman at TEDxRockCreekPark

What is the Hero’s Journey? And Why Should You Care?

Joseph Campbell

FindCenter Video Image

Joseph Campbell and the Myth of the Hero’s Journey

In this video we explore the relationship between mythology and the unconscious, and look at the monomyth Joseph Campbell called the myth of the hero’s journey.

Joseph Campbell

FindCenter Video Image

What About the Heroine’s Journey?

The Harvard scholar Maria Tatar has made a career of studying fairy tales and folklore. Now she is taking aim at Joseph Campbell and showing us the women he left out of the story.

FindCenter Video Image

The Man Behind the Myth: Should We Question the Hero’s Journey?

Campbell claimed his theory, which has gone on to influence everything from Star Wars to Disney’s Aladdin, arose from a universal structure inherent in the global myths of antiquity. The problem is, that’s a lie. Campbell’s theory is as mythological as the stories from which it borrows.

Sarah E. Bond, Joel Christensen

FindCenter Video Image

Joseph Campbell Is the Hidden Link Between ‘2001,’ ‘Star Wars,’ and ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’

Mythology and the Hero’s Journey became pervasive throughout film culture and history as generation after generation turned to Joseph Campbell and The Hero with a Thousand Faces.

FindCenter Video Image

The Homeric Legends: The Lessons of the Three Nymphs

Joseph Campbell explores the mythic journey of Odysseus, as he struggles to reintegrate himself into his life. On his voyage back to his home, his wife, and his son, he encounters three goddesses or nymphs: Circe, Calypso, and Nausicaa.

Joseph Campbell

FindCenter Video Image

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Since its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbell’s revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology.

Joseph Campbell

FindCenter Video Image

The Hero’s Journey: Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work

Joseph Campbell, arguably the greatest mythologist of the twentieth century, was certainly one of our greatest storytellers.

Joseph Campbell

3

1

EXPLORE TOPIC

Cross-Cultural Dynamics