Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet

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Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet

2005

1h 37m

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A former monk dreams of liberating Tibet from it's rigid traditions.

Jonathan Curiel

San Francisco Chronicle

01/05/2009

3/4

Schaedler's film raises as many questions as he answers.

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

04/20/2007

This scholarly 2005 tribute to activist Gendun Choephel (1903-'51) stands out among movies about the Sino-Tibetan conflict because Swiss filmmaker Luc Shaedler, like his subject, aims to demythologize Tibet.

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Bill Stamets

Chicago Sun-Times

04/20/2007

3/4

This incisive film -- which opens with rare footage of angry monks throwing stones at Chinese troops -- nicely resists and complicates simpler views of the storied land.

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Louis Proyect

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02/28/2007

A view of Tibet that differs from Richard Gere's deification of the Dalai Lama and "Lost Horizon". Highly recommended portrait of Buddhist monk who evolved into a revolutionary.

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Audrey Rock-Richardson

Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

01/24/2006

C

Schaedler allows us almost no real understanding of Choepel.

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03/20/2011

oh my, this monk! what can we say about this monk?

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03/10/2009

I saw this last year just before going to Tibet and it gave me another perspective of that land. I thoroughly recommend it to people that are interested in seeing Tibet as much more than a mystical Shangri-La. Also worth reading is Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Secret Exploration of Tibet from Peter Hopkirk

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01/10/2009

I saw this a few years ago at Sundance and quite enjoyed it. It was thought provoking and interesting. Well worth checking out.

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09/28/2007

I liked the footage. The monk story itself was so-so.

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06/12/2007

Great documentary on Gendun Choephel.

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Synopsis

A former monk dreams of liberating Tibet from it's rigid traditions.

Director: Luc Schaedler
Screenwriter: Luc Schaedler
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Swedish
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 37m

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