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・ヒマラヤを越える子供たち Escape over the Himalayas [DVD]

???自宅に訪問してきた僧侶に突然、自分の息子がチベット高僧、ラマー・ドルジェの生まれ変わりかもしれないと告げられる。9歳のジェシーは心を痛め、もだえ苦しみながらも聖地へ行く決意をするのだが...。僧侶にプレゼントされた絵本にのめり込んでいくジェシー。それは、シッダールタ王子（ブッダ）が苦難を乗り越え、仏教の悟りを開くまでの過程が絵本になっている物語だった。
???特撮を駆使しているだけあって、この古代インド絵巻が交錯するファンタジーは壮大である。その映像はとても美しく、さかのぼった時の流れと独特な音楽の調べとともに体も心もゆるやかに浮遊した気分になってくる。『ラストエンペラー』『シェルタリング・スカイ』に続くオリエンタル3部作の完結編。（近藤鈴佳）

This movie works on many levels　　（2005-04-19）
This is a Bertolucci movie so it will naturally have his style. This is a different story so it should be told differently from his other films. In my opinion this is his best. It is based on a true story; this means he did not wake up in the middle of the night with a radical idea. The story is used not only for the individual incident but as an allegory for today’s Tibetan (there are many other types) Buddhist way of thought.

These are not two parallel stories in contrast. With out one the other makes no sense. The section in Seattle is filtered in blue; I may have some deeper meaning; I see the blue filtered scenes as the superficial environment. These differences help with the description of impermanence.

The Selection of actors is excellent.. You do not want the actor personalities to overshadow the character. It is too late for me. I will always think of Siddhartha as looking like Keanu Reeves.

Just as with Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments “, the film story does not actually follow the written story of Siddhartha. However, as this is the one that I watch, therefore I will always think of this when some one mentions Buddha.