Doc explores how brain functions reflect, and perhaps shape, the world By Pat Mullen • Published April 5th, 2019 Dr. Iain McGilchrist and John Cleese in the The Divided BrainDivided Brain Media The Divided Brain(Canada, 78 min.)Dir. Manfred Becker The world, like the...
Can a documentary have impact on issues as diverse as mental health and economics? Or education and climate change? On November 12, 2018, an engaged audience that included major writers, hedge fund managers, lawyers, public policy makers and economists, viewed and...
The question, “Why is the brain divided?” has been asked by numerous people, including Dr. Iain McGilchrist. “The subject of hemisphere differences has a poor track record, discouraging to those who wish to be sure that they are not going to make fools of...
“The Divided Brain” director, Manfred Becker, shares some stories of filming the documentary with Iain McGilchrist.
Translating Iain McGilchrist’s “The Master and his Emissary” into film posed some unique challenges. The most obvious was length – at 600 pages, with thousands of footnotes, this is a brilliant academic work that contained far more than could ever fit into a two-hour...
Making the film, “The Divided Brain” has been an exciting journey for all involved. For producer, Vanessa Dylyn, “The Divided Brain” has been the passion project of her career while for Dr. Iain McGilchrist, it has been an eye-opening adventure into a complex process....
“My familiar panic set in – how can a linear documentary film do justice to the result of 20 years of research and writing -” Manfred Becker, Director, The Divided Brain First, a bit of background: A number of years ago I was commissioned to do a documentary on...
“I instinctively knew I had to make a film about the ideas in the book, The Master and his Emissary. It became a mission.” Vanessa Dylyn, Producer, The Divided Brain I read Iain McGilchrist’s book, The Master and his Emissary, in early 2012. I had read some astounding...
