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Dec 25, 1997 · A review by CinemaSerf. The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.
Kundun, in my opinion, needs to be viewed as a cinematic (audio-visual) exploration of the Tibetan spirituality and the cycles of existence - birth, death, reincarnation - a continuity being preserved physically and spiritually while rejuvenating mind, body and spirit generation after generation, or if you will, cycle after cycle.
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Kundun is a marvel, shot by Roger Deakins and scored by Phillip Glass! Kundun (1997) | MUBI In 1937, a 2-year-old boy from a simple family is recognized as Kundun, the 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and political leader of Tibet.
Historically, "Kundun" is a straightforward chronology that begins in 1937 with the Dalai Lama's discovery at the age of 2 1/2 in a Tibetan village near the Chinese border. Tenzin Gyatso, as he is named, already has a tendency toward a friendly imperiousness and an eerie sense of his destiny. Two years later, he is carried by caravan from his ...
Kundun is a film directed by Martin Scorsese with Tenzin Yeshi Paichang, Gyurme Tethong, Tencho Gyalpo, Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, Ken Leung. Year: 1997. Original title: Kundun. Synopsis: 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 ...
Dec 28, 2022 · The sprawling scale of Kundun ’s metaphysical vantage, stretching back to the first Dalai Lama in the fourteenth century, matches an aesthetic ornateness rivaled by few of Scorsese’s films ...
