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	KUNDUN
		The four actors who represent the different ages of Kundun over the years all do a decent job, but after the bratty (and dramatically welcomed) behavior of the two-year-old, the rest of the performances are decent but nearly emotionally flat.
		Kundun has a dream where he is surrounded by hundreds of dead and rather bloody monks lying on the ground around him.
		Kundun has a daydream of seeing several dead people on horseback who are bloody with some blood also on a white horse.
	www.screenit.com /movies/1997/kundun.html (1800 words)

	Kundun (1997) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		"Kundun" is one of those rare masterpieces that unfortunately might be run over by more Hollywood acceptable films like "Titanic" and "Seven Years in Tibet" (both films that I still admire).
		Scorsese creates a work out of the bounds of traditional films; "Kundun" is at once a spiritual journey, a compelling story despite its downplayed action, and a delight for the eyes and ears.
		Discuss this title with other users on IMDb message board for Kundun (1997)
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0119485 (619 words)

	Salon Entertainment \| "Kundun"
		Kundun's mother, by the way, is wonderfully played by Tencho Gyalpo, the real Dalai Lama's niece, who is, like almost all the cast, not a professional actor but a Tibetan living in exile.
		As a toddler, Kundun keeps pestering his family to tell him the story of the night he was born, the way some kids pester their parents to read the same bedtime story over and over.
		The tales that Kundun hears hold the same place in his life that movies must have held in Scorsese's when he was a child; they're legends that enthrall him and eventually become his life.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/1998/01/16kundun.html (1304 words)

	The DVD Journal: Kundun
		Kundun starts in 1937, four years after the death of the 13th Dalai Lama, as Buddhist monks locate his reincarnated spirit in a Tibetan toddler born on the Chinese border.
		Kundun is urged by his monks to flee the country before his is killed, but he stays with his people until he has no other options.
		Kundun is a beautiful movie, with its grand scenery captured by cinematographer Roger Deakins like a National Geographic photo spread (it was filmed in Morocco, the United States, and Canada), but it lacks the urgency and invention normally infused in Scorsese's vision.
	www.dvdjournal.com /reviews/kundun.html (521 words)

	Spirituality & Health: Movie Review: Kundun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		When the boy his teachers call Kundun reaches the age of 15 in 1950, his homeland is invaded by the Chinese Army of Chairman Mao Zedong.
		Kundun (which means "Ocean of Wisdom") contains some breathtaking cinematography by Roger Deakins and an impressive musical score by avant garde composer Philip Glass.
		This presentation of the childhood and adolescence of the fourteenth Dalai Lama is memorable mainly for its moral message about the courage it takes to adhere to the Buddhist principle of nonviolence in the face of so much suffering and injustice.
	www.spiritualityhealth.com /newsh/items/moviereview/item_1130.html (253 words)

	An Exotica Called Kundun \| Media on FoT ~ Friends of Tibet (INDIA)
		Beginning in '37, Kundun opens on a two year old boy who, when discovered by a group of monks on a rural Tibetan farm, is deemed to be a the new Dalai Lama — the latest reincarnation of the Buddha of Compassion.
		Kundun has powerful images that mesmerise with their haunting beauty; with the stark, improbable beauty of its setting, its marvellously haunting score by Philip Glass and Roger Deakin's remarkable photography.
		Kundun was shown at the 'Festival of Tibet' at Chavan Centre.
	www.friendsoftibet.org /mediaonfot/20000319.html (270 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Kundun [1998]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		From the moment he is recognised as the reincarnation of the 13th Dalai Lama in 1937 to his exile from Tibet in the wake of China's invasion, the Dalai Lama is seen as an enlightened spiritual figurehead.
		Kundun was buried upon its release- perhaps due to the introduction of capitalism to China, which saw the usual logos & people like Murdoch/Fox open up the "free market".
		Kundun is a film you have to let take over you, easily matching Bertolucci's The Last Emperor or Cronenberg's underrated M Butterfly.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000634C3 (1647 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Kundun at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Kundun is a poetic approach to understanding not the events of the fourteenth Dalai Lama, but the psyche of the person and the spiritual beliefs of all Monks.
		“Kundun” is the everlasting name of the spirit that chooses to inhabit different bodies “for as long as life continues,” the movie argues.
		Once Kundun arrives at the Monastery where he is to be schooled and spiritually prepared to be the religious leader of the Tibetan people, he hears Monks arguing over where Kundun “chose” to be re-born.
	www.epinions.com /content_59784990340 (714 words)

	MMI Movie Review: Kundun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Kundun at age 12 (played by the highly adorable Gyurme Tethong), he is strong and aware.
		The delicate sand paintings that close and open the film, the trance-inducing score of Phillip Glass, the triple-pitch moans and chants of bona-fide monks, glass beads being worn and rubbed together in prayer, the sweeping grandness of the Moroccan landscape - all this from Scorsese and not one Mafia type in sight.
		When the adult Dalai Lama (played by Tenzin Tsarong) is forced to leave his beloved country at the age of 15 and seek refuge in neighboring India, he is sick and tormented by the Chinese invasion and its effect on his people and culture.
	www.shoestring.org /mmi_revs/kundun.html (501 words)

	Kundun . Gambit Weekly . 02-16-98
		Martin Scorsese's Kundun is a film even more eye-pleasing than Great Expectations, and it's possessed of distinctly noble intentions.
		Kundun is the story of the 14th Dalai Lama, the divine spiritual leader of Tibet considered by his followers to be the reincarnation of Buddha.
		Written by Melissa Mathison, Kundun opens with the search for the reincarnate Buddha after the death of the 13th Dalai Lama in 1933.
	www.filmvault.com /filmvault/gambit/k/kundun1.html (718 words)

	Kundun - Synopsis
		"Kundun" is a story of indomitable will and fervent religious commitment set against a spectacular physical backdrop and compelling world politics.
		"Kundun" begins in 1937 with the recognition of a 2-year-old boy as the 14th Dalai Lama and ends with his exile in 1959, separated from his beloved homeland at the age of 24.
		Through the eyes and heart of Tenzin Gyatso, as he grows from boy to man and is prepared for leadership by the most enlightened Buddhist scholars, "Kundun" reveals a society that remained isolated from the West for centuries.
	www.filmscouts.com /scripts/matinee.cfm?Film=kundun&File=synopsis (908 words)

	yaledailynews.com - 'Kundun' is spiritual and intelligent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		"Kundun," which opens today, traces the development of the 14th Dalai Lama from his "discovery" in 1937 to his decision to flee to India in 1959 after the Chinese invasion.
		Unlike "Seven Years," Kundun (which is a name for the Dalai Lama meaning 'The Presence') focuses entirely on the internal struggle of Tibet's religious leader as he tries to maintain Buddhist ideals of non-violence while protecting his people from hostile rule.
		Nevertheless, "Kundun" is breathtakingly grand, painted in bold and evocative strokes of color, image, and sound.
	www.yaledailynews.com /article.asp?AID=9449 (701 words)

	Kundun
		The reason for Chinese hostility to “Kundun” is quite simple: it represents their 1949 military campaign in Tibet as an invasion.
		“Kundun” is a story told through the eyes of its central character, the 14th Dalai Lama.
		Melissa Mathison who wrote the screenplay of “Kundun” is the wife of Harrison Ford, as well as the author of “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial”.
	sunday.ninemsn.com.au /sunday/film_reviews/article_49.asp?s=1 (1051 words)

	Kundun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The actors in Kundun are all Asians and unknowns, mostly Tibetans and nonprofessionals telling what is, in a sense, their own story.
		Nonetheless, for a film whose title means "presence" ("Kundun" is one of the Dalai Lama's honorifics), its protagonist is scarcely present at all.
		What Kundun does have, enough to make the film an intoxicating, rapturous experience (if only for the two hours that you're in the theater), is pageantry.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/movies/98/01/15/KUNDUN.html (678 words)

	Kundun
		Kundun is a luminous, meditative work that dissolves from moment to moment with the aplomb of an epic poem.
		Most crushing of all is his eventual realization that he must flee Tibet for the sanctuary of India -- the Chinese send him a letter stating their intention to shell his palace in Lhasa in order to quash the mounting Tibetan resistance to Chinese rule.
		Scorsese brings a multitude of imagery to bear on Kundun's journey into exile, the reeling emotional cynosure of his heretofore subdued tale.
	www.deep-focus.com /flicker/kundun.html (946 words)

	Blogcritics.org: DVD Review: Kundun
		Although Kundun may be a tad slow-paced and may lack the level of drama and emotion that one would expect, its simplistic spirituality and captivating chronology substantiates that it's hard for Scorsese to beget a bad motion picture.
		Kundun is such a brilliant palette of reds and golds that it feels more like a dream drenched in soothing hues than a mere movie.
		While Kundun is a beautiful documentary-of-sorts feature on the life of the fourteenth Dalai Lama and Buddhism, in terms of storyline and character development, it definitely is not one of Martin's crowning achievements.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2005/09/28/163958.php (1625 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Kundun (xhtml)
		At a midpoint in Martin Scorsese's ``Kundun,'' the 14th Dalai Lama reads a letter from the 13th, prophesying that religion in Tibet will be destroyed by China--that he and his followers may have to wander helplessly like beggars.
		In ``Kundun,'' there is rarely the sense that a living, breathing and (dare I say?) fallible human inhabits the body of the Dalai Lama.
		Once we understand that ``Kundun'' will not be a drama involving a plausible human character, we are freed to see the film as it is: an act of devotion, an act even of spiritual desperation, flung into the eyes of 20th century materialism.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19980116/REVIEWS/801160305/1023 (822 words)

	calendarlive.com: Kundun
		"Kundun" is a stunningly beautiful object offered in tribute to a holy man, a gorgeous film that is nevertheless burdened by the defects of its virtues.
		Maybe because the evil is so blatant, both "Kundun" and the earlier and sillier "Seven Years in Tibet" have had trouble making Tibet's plight as moving as it ought to be.
		Still, "Kundun's" depiction of the Dalai Lama's final journey out of Tibet, complete with apocalyptic visions of disaster, turns out to be serious and moving.
	www.calendarlive.com /movies/reviews/cl-movie971230-29,2,2883464.story (732 words)

	kundun
		Martin Scorsese's Kundun is a hushed and meditative film, wholly befitting its subject (the Dalai Lama).
		Kundun is light years beyond the previous Dalai Lama film, the oafish Seven Years in Tibet, in which we were supposed to sigh at the highlights in Brad Pitt's hair as he hung out with the Dalai Lama and became nicer.
		Kundun rejects conflict (as Buddhism itself does), and, since we Westerners demand conflict in our drama, there's a danger of chalking Kundun up as another noble failure.
	www.angelfire.com /movies/oc/kundun.html (669 words)

	Metroactive Movies \| Kundun
		As directed by Martin Scorsese, Kundun has all of the obvious problems of any movie made about a man one addresses as "His Holiness." Not since Pu Yi, subject of Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor, has there been such a recessive hero on screen.
		Kundun records the life of the Dalai Lama up to his entry into the West, after his country, Tibet, was gobbled up by the People's Republic of China.
		Kundun (PG-13; 135 min.), directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Melissa Mathison, photographed by Roger Deakins and starring Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong and Robert Lin.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/01.15.98/kundun-9802.html (534 words)

	Intelliflix: Rent Kundun on DVD
		Kundun brings to life the true story of Tenzin, the spiritual and political leader of his people.
		Kundun is the story of the Dalai Lama and his daring non-violent struggle to lead his people toward change.
		Well if you only watch it once you won't be able to see the detail (like the shot of the Kundun looking at Mao's shoes, or the baby Kundun separating the fighting beatles), and depth that make up the fabric of this movie.
	www.intelliflix.com /movie_view.dvd?id=1386 (291 words)

	Chicago Reader Movie Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The fact that both directors deftly mix professional, semiprofessional, and nonprofessional actors is part of this impulse (though many more of Kundun's actors are nonprofessionals); another part is their absorption in the material, which makes plot both a structure and a side effect but not the main focus.
		In contrast, Kundun is mainly concerned with the subjective inner states of its title character, played at different ages by four actors, so that the occasional printed titles establishing dates and historical events function like thumbtacks, the structural equivalent of The Apostle's internal monologues.
		His film score for Kundun may well be his best to date, but any spiritual lift I get from the film is in spite of Glass's mechanical throbbing, not because of it.
	www.chicagoreader.com /movies/archives/1998/0198/01308.html (1881 words)

	'Kundun' to be screened at Tibetan Film Festival - www.phayul.com
		Dharamsala, October 3 - "Kundun", the film depicting the early life of Dalai Lama, which kicked of a controversy after it was withdrawn from Asian Film Festival in Mumbai in August this year, will now be screened at Tibetan Film Festival, being organised here along with the Miss Tibet contest.
		"Kundun, along with 'Seven Years in Tibet', were withdrawn from Asian Film Festival due to pressure from the Chinese Embassy.
		But now people will at least get to see Kundun, which is based on the flight of Dalai Lama into exile after the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
	www.phayul.com /news/article.aspx?id=7852 (447 words)

	Reviews, November 1998: Kundun
		Yet the film is no polemic, it's not an "isn't this awful" documentary even as it remains basically true to the difficult real-life story of the Dalai Lama (an honorific title for Tibet's spiritual and temporal leader that means "Ocean of Compassion").
		"Kundun," another title of respect, is closer to the epic film story-telling of David Lean ("Lawrence of Arabia") without the sentimentality.
		"Kundun" caught the eye of my eight-year-old son,passing through the living room, who sat down, engrossed, for the rest of the movie.
	www.hundredmountain.com /Pages/reviews_pages/review1_kundun.html (794 words)

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