Film, Discussion, and Book Signing

DEAN SLUYTER
Author of Cinema Nirvana: Enlightenment Lessons from the Movies presents

Christopher Nolan’s MEMENTO

Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss & Joe Pantoliano Sunday, April 10 at 2pm See the cult classic Memento and hear a free-wheeling discussion of the film’s radical teachings on “reality,” led by Dean Sluyter, film critic, meditation teacher, and author of Cinema Nirvana: Enlightenment Lessons from the Movies. In Cinema

Nirvana, Sluyter illuminates the hidden enlightenment teachings of some of America's best-loved films. Nirvana, says Sluyter, is where you find it — and the movies are as good a place as any to look. In his book, Sluyter analyzes Memento, Jaws, The Graduate, The Godfather, Jailhouse Rock, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and nine other classic films, and finds surprising spiritual wisdom in everything from the color of Dopey's eyes to the secret weapons in 007's Aston Martin. So grab your popcorn, sit back, and prepare to have your mind opened. Cinema Nirvana is a funny but wise, practical but wildly entertaining, guide to finding enlightenment — one movie at a time. Dean Sluyter has taught nonsectarian meditation for more than 30 years. He is cofounder of the New Jersey chapter of the Dzogchen Center and a faculty member of The Pingry School and the New York Open Center. "If you spliced together DNA from Quentin Tarantino and the Dalai Lama, you'd get Dean Sluyter."
— Michael Gelb, author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci