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- Kundun is a 1997 American epic biographical film written by Melissa Mathison and directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the life and writings of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, the exiled political and spiritual leader of Tibet.
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Kundun is a 1997 American epic biographical film written by Melissa Mathison and directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the life and writings of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama , the exiled political and spiritual leader of Tibet .
Oct 18, 2023 · In the 1998 documentary In Search of Kundun With Martin Scorsese, Mathison recalls being given a list of possible directors and saying, “The only person I want to send it to is not on your list.”...
Director Martin Scorsese brings to the screen the true story of the Dalai Lama. Told through the eyes of His Holiness, "Kundun" brings to life the account of the Dalai Lama's early life, from childhood through the Chinese invasion of Tibet and his journey into exile.
A Tibetan word for “the presence” (of the Buddha) and the Dalai Lama’s alternative name, Kundun became the title of Scorsese and Mathison’s project, one that took several years and fourteen screenplay drafts to make.
Dec 8, 2022 · Scorsese has always understood the perils of faith and the generational guilt it can inspire (at least from a Catholic perspective), but in "Kundun," belief is seen as bringing joy,...
Jan 16, 1998 · There is a strong impulse toward the spiritual in Scorsese, who once studied to be a priest, and "Kundun" is his bid to be born again. The film opens in Tibet in 1937, four years after the death of the 13th Dalai Lama, as monks find a young boy whom they sense may be their reincarnated leader.
Horror. Sci-fi. Kundun is a 1997 American epic biographical film written by Melissa Mathison and directed by Martin Scorsese. In 1937, a two-and-a-half year old boy from a simple family in Tibet was recognized as the 14th reincarnation of the Buddha of Compassion, and destined to become the spiritual and...