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Debra Miller, Duane Sharp, Ezra Buzzington

A nameless detective, still mourning the loss of his wife, investigates a mysterious death in a Buddhist temple, but his logical, left-brained crime-solving skills are useless in the intuitive, non-li...( read more  read more... )near world of Zen. While attempting to question the inhabitants of the temple--Ed, a monk with an attitude and secrets to hide; Jane, a beautiful, mysterious, bald femme fatale; and the Master, an infuriatingly obscure Zen teacher, who does a lot of strange things with oranges -- the Detective's logical mind is thwarted at every turn by his suspects' Zen thinking. Increasingly confused and unnerved, haunted by his dead wife's ghost, and with his investigation going nowhere, the Detective finds himself drawn into a deeper, darker, more personal mystery, where he must confront terrifying questions about love and loss, which lead to a startling realization: the mystery he's there to solve isn't a murder at all, but the mystery of death itself.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 11 min.

Directed by: Marc Rosenbush

Release Date: September 15, 2006

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DVD Release Date: May 15, 2007

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  • stopitgoaway
    July 4, 2009
    stopitgoaway
    Wow. You won't see ANY films like this. Completely original. Funny, mysterious, slightly disturbing. HIghly recommend. And, if you know anything about Zen Buddhism, a must see. This filmmaker has created a little work of art in Zen Noir. It takes you on a ride that is constantly ...( read more)throwing you off balance, and whacking your synapses in weird places, but in a humorous nearly loving way. He creatively merges the worlds of Film Noir and Zen Buddhism, and they blend together perfectly. You definitely leave with more questions than you went in with. I'd tell ya more, but I don't want to be a spoiler. Actually, I think this is unspoilable. I'm still not even sure what happened.
  • Ghanjaspawn
    October 27, 2009
    Ghanjaspawn
    Weird. And I usually like my indie flics.
  • gypsydjembe
    September 25, 2007
    gypsydjembe
    The whole world in an orange
  • jnjihiro
    June 15, 2007
    jnjihiro
    Rhetoric understanding in Art film Cinematography!!!

    MUST SEE

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