The Miami Herald called the series “‘talking head television’ at its most sublime …What an enrichment …Wow! Wow!” The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote: “Moyers has accomplished something almost unimaginable on current television: a six-part, six-hour series of conversations - intelligent, exciting talk that will make you look at the world differently.” And the critic Marvin Kitman wrote, “Moyers is a true hero in mythological journalism. Let there especially be more series like this.”
Captured vividly is Campbell’s legendary talent as a storyteller.” The Los Angeles Times wrote, “If you crave exhilaration, here’s your fix … In hearing describe the story of creation in Genesis, it occurs to you that those who control television often ignore the crucial mandate underlying their own medium’s creative process: Let there be light. The New York Times called the original broadcast “fascinating … proving there is a significant and thoughtful audience looking for something beyond a steady diet of sitcoms and music videos …. In celebration of its 25th anniversary the two-part Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers program airs Sunday, March 11at 2 p.m. Now the six-part series has been updated and will be broadcast on PBS stations nationwide. That changed when Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth with Bill Moyers was broadcast on PBS, firing the imagination and intellect of millions of people and becoming a phenomenon. Despite his vast learning, his almost 40 years as a remarkable teacher and the scholarly acclaim for his major works ( The Masks of God among them), only a relative handful of people had ever seen or heard him in person. Campbell, who had collaborated with Lucas on the film director’s Star Wars trilogy, was the foremost interpreter of the world’s great mythologies - the stories told by humans since the dawn of history to explain the mysteries of the universe. When Bill Moyers sat across from Joseph Campbell in the library of George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch a quarter of a century ago to begin a series of conversations that would continue over two summers, neither of them could anticipate the extraordinary impact their collaboration would produce.
Revisit the extraordinary dialogues that fired the imagination and intellect of millions a quarter-century ago.
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