Monday, November 05, 2007

Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint

Milarepa was one wacked-out cat! This film follows his early years as he grows up and watches his family's fortune pissed away by a drunken uncle. His path takes him to a teacher of black magic and back to his village to avenge his mother's fate. With his mad yogi skillz, he can run faster the wind and he can cause avalanches. In a word, he's a badass. But with badassness comes heavy responsibility and he finds that out. The grit of this film is not the story, though. The grit is that it's awkward and rough, produced and cast entirely by monks, set in the early 11th century. It's a very matter-of-fact telling of some cuh-razy Buddhist shenanigans. The sequel is due out in 2009 and will tell of Milarepa's attempt to be reincarnated as a higher life form in one try! Wow!

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