Sacred Tibet - The Path to Mount Kailash (Widescreen Edition)
by Thomas Vendetti
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Actor: Dalai Lama, Lama Tenzin, Paul HornDirector: Thomas Vendetti
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: HiFi Sound, NTSC, Widescreen
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-12-01
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Vendetti Productions, LLC
DVD Reviews of Sacred Tibet - The Path to Mount Kailash (Widescreen Edition)
DVD Review: Maui Weekly Review
Summary: 5 Stars
...Vendetti has already met the Dalai Lama; in fact, he was recently on the receiving end of some of the Lama's good-natured ribbing in Dharamsala, India. filming him for the program (Sacred Tibet)."
"I felt very blessed to meet the Dalai Lama," Vendetti said. "But the anxiety level was high. I had two cameras, the main one and a smaller backup, and I was just thinking, `I hope the technology works.' I went to push record on the main camera, and it didn't go. I exclaimed, `Technology!' And the Dalai Lama said, `I don't think it's technology; I think it's the person!' and he went into gales of laughter. He was right; I hadn't pushed the correct button."
The first half of the film, which traces the journey of Lama Tenzin and flutist Paul Horn across the border into Tibet. Lama Tenzin was going to visit his homeland and reunite with his family after 40 years, while Horn was fulfilling a deep desire to play his flute inside Potala Palace, winter home of the Dalai Lama. The film unwinds against the staggering scenery of the "rooftop of the world," with Kris Kristofferson narrating the script written by Gardner McKay and Nancy Vendetti.
The second half of the film takes place after Lama Tenzin's death, and follows the 2003 pilgrimage of Horn, then 71 years old, to release his friend's ashes on sacred Mount Kailash in West Tibet. The group, complete with yaks, trekked along the 32-mile Kora trail circling the base of the mystical mountain. Despite physical challenges, Horn completed the trek up to the 18,600-foot summit without oxygen. It was no easy task for any of the group, said Vendetti, who toted a camera up the rocky trail.
Each half of the film was originally shown on PBS. "This is taking both stories and combining them into a feature film," Vendetti said. "The difference is that now I'm taking a political stance. Now that Lama Tenzin has passed away, I feel comfortable I'm not putting anyone in jeopardy by telling the real story." The film includes footage of the Dalai Lama commenting on Tibet's current state under Chinese rule.
In making the original film, Vendetti and his crew did not have permission from the Chinese government. "But they had just come out with this new video camera, that looked like a regular camera with a big lens. It was kind of fortunate," Vendetti said. "I could just set it on the tripod and walk away, and they didn't know it was a video camera. There would've been no way to get permission." Just prior to their trip, a Tibetan was sentenced to 18 years in prison for recording a folk dancing performance.
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