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Kundun. 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. Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong, a grandnephew of the Dalai Lama, stars as the adult Dalai Lama, while Tencho ...
- $28 million
- Philip Glass
- December 25, 1997 (United States)
- Barbara De Fina
Oct 18, 2023 · Kundun didn’t originate with Scorsese. It came to him. Melissa Mathison was certainly not the only screenwriter to consider taking on the story of the 14th dalai lama, the spiritual and ...
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Synopsis. Buy The Book. Buy The Soundtrack. 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 political leader of his people. Director Martin Scorsese brings to the screen the true story of the Dalai Lama.
Feb 15, 2024 · What Kundun does supply is lavish and colourful cinematography that shows off the recreated locations of Tibet (courtesy of Roger Deakins), make up for the lack of cinematic verve that’s usually associated with a Scorsese feature. Perhaps this was Scorsese trying to add to a touching and sensitive story in a foreign location, and ...
Jan 16, 1998 · Somewhere between Scorsese's filmic sensibilities, Mathison's cutification instincts and Disney's earnest attempts to be grown-up, is a frequently touching saga of a boy's ascension into manhood ...
- Desson Howe
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 ...
Haggard and slow-moving, the aged Taktra is. Scorsese in the Land of Snows: The Splendor of Kundun 17. old-fashioned and superstitious, and declines in insight as he grows older. Grave, robust, and with a massive head, Pala seems shrewder, more. realistic, and more forward-looking than Taktra, exulting to find in.
