Travellers and Magicians (Chang Hup The Gi Tril Nung)

Howard Wallace

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This movie
Travellers and Magicians

comes from Bhutan. Not much Bhutanese cinema exists. Red Flower and I watched it tonight on NetFlix and enjoyed it. It does capture some of the spirit of the region.

There are a couple of scenes with knives. The attitude towards a working knife is well conveyed.
 
Cool, I didn't watch it myself, but I like the premise of it from how wikipedia describes it. Sounds like you got something out of it, which, I believe, is the sole purpose for movies, to be inspired by them, to receive something intangible from them. Cool. Well, peace.
 
Gorog said:
... the sole purpose for movies, to be inspired by them, to receive something intangible from them. Cool. Well, peace.
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This movie was written and directed by a Rinpoche. That doesn't happen very often.


Of course, there's Stephen Segal. I don't have that one quite figured out yet.
 
So, this person who directed the film, is believed to be a reincarnation of Buddha? Wow, that is unusual. Peace.
 
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Thanks for sharing Howard, I'll try and check this one out. Always had a soft spot for foreign films, so much better than the drivel largely coming out of Hollywood.
 
This is a pretty cool movie, quite a bit different from your regular fare. Incidentally, one of the two female lead actress - the wife of the woodcutter - is related to my wife. Then again, my wife has a huge family in Bhutan so her relations pop up all over the place! Have you guys seen the first movie directed by Khyentse Rimpoche? It's a neat, fun one, "The Cup" that tells the tale of a young Tibean monk in a monsatery in North India who's a football (soccer) fan and his efforts to watch the Worl Cup on TV, interspersed with stories of other monks, young and old: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cup

About Khyentse Rimpoche - he's not the direct reincarnation of the Buddha, but a reincarnation of another high-ranking realized Buddhist teacher from the early 19th century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzongsar_Jamyang_Khyentse_Rinpoche

There are lots of reincarnation lineages in Tibetan Buddhism, some are several centuries old (HH The Dalai Lama, the Karmapa, etc.), while others are more recent - lots of 1st, 2nd generation lineages around. There are several ways for a lineage to start, but usually it starts with one teacher who has reached such a high level of mastery that he can predict/dictate the next one in his line. Thus he becomes the first one in his line and it goes on from there.

Back to the movie, Travelers & Magicians actually did not do as well in Bhutan as hoped for - most of the public, having been exposed to a steady diet of Bollywood action and song/dance routines, found it a bit too high-browed!!! Since then the Bhutanese film industry has blossomed with the few movie halls in the country playing to packed houses as Bhutanese movies are churned out one after the other - it has gotten to a point where the movie houses do not have any space in their schedules to play Bollywood movies (which used to be shown all the time just a few years ago). Most of the movies follow the Bollywood formula of romance, action, drama with the de-rigeur song & dance sequences. These songs then become the pop-hit of the season. The current top movie star is the former Miss Bhutan.
 
sta94 said:
... one of the two female lead actress - the wife of the woodcutter - is related to my wife...
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Your relative gave a magnificent performance. She is a beautiful woman. She gave a great depiction of the subtle ways a man can be trapped by his desires. I think my favorite scene with her was the one where her husband the woodcutter is dying from poison, and she and her lover are arguing over who is responsible for the poisoning. She really looked demonic there and the contrast with the former scenes where she was beautiful and seductive was quite striking and thought-provoking.

sta94 said:
... Have you guys seen the first movie directed by Khyentse Rimpoche? It's a neat, fun one, "The Cup" that tells the tale of a young Tibean monk in a monsatery in North India who's a football (soccer) fan and his efforts to watch the Worl Cup on TV, interspersed with stories of other monks, young and old: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cup
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Thanks for the tip on the other movie. I'll try to locate it.
 
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