HomeHome
 
Movie Reviews Cast & Credits VideoHound Lists News Award Winners Blog Store My VideoHound
Home
 
Kundun
BUY IT NOW
 
 
 

 
 
N.Y. Film Critics (1997)
Winner
Achievement in cinematography
 
Natl. Soc. Film Critics (1997)
Winner
Achievement in cinematography
 
Nominated
Achievement in Art Direction
 
Achievement in cinematography
 
Best Original Score
 
Achievement in Costume Design
 
Nominated
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
 
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
 
 
 
 
VideoHound Lists with Kundun
 
Community lists with Kundun
 

Kundun


Scorsese's cinematic portrait of the life of the young 14th Dalai Lama from 1937 through 1959, when he was forced to flee Chinese-occupied Tibet and live in exile in India. The incredibly detailed and sumptuous Tibetan journey begins with the discovery of the young boy as the Buddha reborn and uses different actors to portray him through young adulthood. Dramatic depiction of the Chairman Mao-ordered slaughter of Tibetan nuns and monks around the young Kundun illustrates theme of the dilemmas facing a nonviolent man in an increasingly violent world. The adult Dalai Lama's (Tsarong) meeting with cartoonishly evil incarnate Chairman Mao Zedong (Lin) mars an otherwise realistic and honest portrayal. Made with the cooperation of the 14th Dalai Lama, the story reflects the director's yen for accuracy and integrity. Scorsese's gamble on using a cast of non-professional Tibetan refugees pays off. Beautiful scenery and dreamy Philip Glass score set the proper mood.
 
Not yet a Member?Join Today!

VideoHound Rating:

Please Login to Rate
Community Rating: 
4 Votes

 
 
 
More Movies from Martin Scorsese
Shutter Island 
(2009) R 
Shutter Island 
(2009)  
Shine a Light 
(2008) PG-13 
The Departed 
(2006) R 
The Aviator 
(2004) PG-13 
 
More About Kundun
Cinematographer:
Composer:
Color:
Color
Silent:
No
Format:
VHS, CC, DVD, Wide
Distributor:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
 

 
 
 
 
Tell a Friend about MovieRetriever.com
Email your friends, Invite them to join the MovieRetriever.com community to create and share movie lists and review them.
 
MovieRetriever.com members can:
  • Rate movies
  • Write your own reviews
  • Create your movie watch lists
  • Share lists with the community
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
No one hates this movie. Do you?
Add it to My Woof! list to be the first member to show up here.