Near Death vs One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage
One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Near Death). One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage is the shorter watch at 1h 21m compared with 5h 58m. Near Death is the older of the two (1989 against 2019). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Near Death
One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage| Near Death | One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1989 | 2019 |
| Length | 5h 58m | 1h 21m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Frederick Wiseman | Edward A. Burger |
| Main cast | – | – |
Synopsis
Near Death
A film about the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital. The film is concerned with how people face death. More specifically the film presents the complex interrelationships among patients, families, doctors, nurses, hospital staff and religious advisors as they confront the personal, ethical, medical, psychological, religious and legal issues involved in making decisions about whether or not to give life-sustaining…
One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage
ONE MIND is an immersive cinematic meditation on Zen monastic life in China, where a communion of nature, meditation, and labor reveals a carefully crafted way of life that reflects the very wisdom it seeks to cultivate.
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