Gyurme Tethong, Kunga Tenzin, Philip Glass
Martin Scorsese's magical mystery mandala on the life of the Dalai Lama is a visually exhilarating, spiritually ambitious film that goes where Scorsese has never gone before.
DVD Release Date: October 13, 1998
Stats: 618 reviews
The story of how the 14th Dalai Lama was found, educated and run out of Tibet by the Chinese. Interesting but slow moving movie.
A film I have been wanting to see for quite some time, purely on a spiritual level and because I have an attraction toward Tibet.
I feel I have learned a few things from this film, but at the same time I found it a little boring - which was a little disappointing.
The film,...( read more)
Scorsese's amazing film about the life of the 14th Dalai Lama is something to behold.
Schoonmaker's editing and Deakins's cinematography bring exquisite beauty to this stunning pieces of cinema
Want proof that there are times that even Martin Scorsese is highly underrated? Watch his beautiful take on the life of the Dalai Lama then.
I'll admit it's not Scorsese's best film (Ranging Bull will always be my favourite.) This near perfect film proves that Marty can do just ...( read more)
beautiful lookin movie but i didnt like it, I though Seven years in Tibet was much better
The film is ambitious, but not as spiritually redeeming as it should have been. The nature of a human being such as Dalai Lama is not represented in the most faithful way possible. It is the least Scorsese film, but it has a strong Eastern influence that did not live up to the gr...( read more)
i need to see thisagain,iremember not enjoying it much, but it isa scorsese, and irespect himenough to give it another go,
Kundun is an oscar nominated movie that offers a clear and non-sentimental look at one of the oppressed cultures of the world. It begins with the search for the 14th Dalai Lama which would become the spiritual leader of Tibet. They know they have founded their new 14th Dalai Lama...( read more)
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