…cycles to the image of the inscribed stone. The movie itself, beyond the message, is powerful. It looks like a low-budget movie, it looks like its going to fall into the category of one of those movies where the idea is awesome but the director’s couldn’t focus on how to transmit that idea, but it doesn’t. The filming is great, the transitions between scenes, between ideas, between characters is intelligent. It has one of the best sex-scenes I have ever seen on cinema. It approaches so many topics about living in this world.
I was pleasantly surprised by this movie.
What most people will find: it is a long movie and it is slow. It is not action packed though if you dwell into its world you may find it full of life.
Samsara: “Saṃsāra (sanskrit: संसार) literally meaning “continuous flow”, is the cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth (i.e. reincarnation) within Hinduism, Buddhism, Bön, Jainism, Sikhism, and other Indian religions. The word has its origins in the sramanic traditions of ancient India, and is today used in many modern Indian languages to refer to the physical world, or family, or the universe. In modern parlance, samsara refers to a place, set of objects and possessions, but originally, the word referred to a process of continuous pursuit or flow of life. In accordance with the literal meaning, the word should either refer to a continuous stream of consciousness, or the continuous but random drift of passions, desires, emotions and experiences.” – From Wikipedia (if its from Wikipedia then it’s got to be true).
As an overview, this movie is about a tibetan man who became a monk at a very early age. After a powerful session of meditation he finds his thoughts wondering towards earthly desires (SEX) and decides to became a family man. It follows his trials and tribulations, his inner battle. Treading the minefield of desires. It follows him to his breaking point and to the moment he is faced with a choice in his life. At that point he breaks down in tears, looks at both paths, and in the middle the camera cycles to the image of the inscribed stone…
