Kundun
by Martin Scorsese
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Actor: Gyurme Tethong, Tencho Gyalpo, Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Tenzin Yeshi Paichang, Tulku Jamyang Kunga TenzinDirector: Martin Scorsese
Brand: Disney
Producer: Barbara De Fina
Producer: Jeanne Stack
Producer: Laura Fattori
Producer: Melissa Mathison
Writer: Melissa Mathison
Producer: Perry Santos
Producer: Scott Harris
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 2.35:1
Running Time: 134 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-10-14
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
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Movie Reviews of Kundun
Movie Review: Kundun
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie was about the life of the 14th reincarnation of the Dali Lama. He was found in a small town in Tibet as a child only 2 years of age. They believed that this child was the Dali Lama, just based upon a few observations that they had. They put a few items in front of him and some belonged to the Dali Lama's of the past and mixed in some items that were the same but had no meaning. The child was able to identify all the items that had belonged to the pervious Dali Lama's and even responded that they belonged to him. This movie explores the life of the child growing up being a very religious figure. The 14th Dali Lame was eventually exiled out of Tibet, and taken to India for his safety and for his people. He still resides there today. This movie relates to my religions class because right now we are working on Buddhism. This movie showed the life of the monks and there practices. It showed there rituals and chanting that they did. It really gave an inside look of the temple and how things work. It also gave a sense of the middle way and how they truly believed that living a certain way would bring enlightenment. There no violent methods of thing was also very important, they didn't fight back just transported the 14th Dali Lama to India. For their thought was every action has a reaction. This movie kinda had the same non violent concept of the last movie that we watched which was Ghandi. that movie was about Hinduism and this movie is about buddhism. I think that Buddhism is a very unigue religion and this movie showed all the details and the thoughts behind the religion. It was like you were right there with the Dali lama as he grew up to fast.
Summary of Kundun
Praised as one of the best films of the year, KUNDUN is a motion picture masterpiece directed by five-time Academy Award(R)-nominated director Martin Scorsese. It's the incredible true story of one of the world's most fascinating leaders -- Tibet's Dali Lama and his daring struggle to rule a nation at one of the most challenging times in its history. Powerfully told and set against a backdrop of world politics -- the film's release created an international uproar! Featuring a striking Oscar(R)-nominated score by renowned composer Philip Glass, this extraordinary motion picture has been greeted with both controversy and worldwide acclaim -- experience it for yourself!It would be a mistake to call Kundun a disappointment, or a film that director Martin Scorsese was not equipped to create. Both statements may be true to some viewers, but they ignore the higher purpose of Scorsese's artistic intention and take away from a film that is by any definition unique. In chronicling the life of the 14th Dalai Lama, Kundun defies conventional narrative in favor of an episodic approach, presenting a sequential flow of events from the life of the young leader of Buddhist Tibet. From the moment he is recognized as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama in 1937 to his exile from Tibet in the wake of China's invasion, the Dalai Lama is seen as an enlightened spiritual figurehead. This gives the film its tone of serenity and reverence but denies us the privilege of admiring the Dalai Lama as a fascinating human character. There's a sense of mild detachment between the film and its audience, but its visual richness offers ample compensation. In close collaboration with cinematographer Roger Deakins, Scorsese filmed Kundun with great pageantry and ritual, and meticulous attention to details of costume, color, and the casting of actual Buddhist monks in the scenes at the Dalai Lama's palace. Certain images will linger in the memory for a long time, such as the Dalai Lama's nightmarish vision of standing among hundreds of dead monks, their lives sacrificed in pacifist defiance of Chinese aggression. Is this a film you'll want to watch repeatedly? Perhaps not. But as a political drama and an elegant gesture of devotion, Kundun is a film of great value and inspirational beauty--one, after all, that perhaps only Scorsese could have made. --Jeff Shannon
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