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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WAGNER,PAUL
EAN: 9781567303865
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1567303862
Label: New Yorker Video
Manufacturer: New Yorker Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Yorker Video
Release Date: November 29, 2005
Running Time: 97 minutes
Studio: New Yorker Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
Sales Rank: 56776
MPN: 717119760540
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Based on true events, three Tibetan children witness Chinese oppression and take different paths as they grow up each fighting the oppressors in their own way.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 29-NOV-2005
Media Type: DVD
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A remarkable film produced under remarkable conditions, Windhorse dares to present a realistic and scathingly critical depiction of Chinese oppression in Tibet. It's obvious from the opening credits that director Paul Wagner (Oscar®-winning producer of the 1984 documentary short The Stone Carvers) has a message to deliver about the plight of Tibet, and his clunky filmmaking serves a formulaic, melodramatic story. Set in 1998, it's a simple tale, accessible to a wide audience, in which a young Tibetan singer named Dolkar (Dadon) is a rising star on the Chinese-owned nightclub circuit, growing too comfortable with her own integration into Chinese society in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. Her grandfather had been killed by the Chinese in 1959 for protesting against Chinese occupation, and now, 18 years later, her brother Dorjee (Jampa Kelsang) is aimless and unemployed, hating the Chinese and powerless to do anything about it. Their cousin Pema (played by an actress who must remain unidentified) is a Tibetan nun who is imprisoned and severely beaten for her outspoken protest against China and defiant embrace of the Dalai Lama as her religious leader. She is released to her family, weakened and on the verge of death, and her testimony about Chinese brutality is videotaped by a sympathetic American tourist (Teije Silverman). In depicting this dangerous activity, Windhorse becomes a vehicle for global awareness of Tibet's ongoing oppression.
This personal history and family turmoil provides an intimate perspective on the Tibetan cause, and much of the film was shot illegally in Tibet with digital home-video cameras, under the noses of the Chinese police. Many of the Tibetan actors and crewmembers remain unnamed in the credits to protect their identities, and this clandestine production strategy gives Windhorse a sense of urgent authenticity, also resulting in a variety of interesting anecdotes in Wagner's audio commentary, recorded with cowriter/coproducer Julia Elliot and exiled Tibetan cowriter Thupten Tsering. The result is more of a human-rights treatise than a truly satisfying movie, but Windhorse retains enough dramatic impact to provide a powerful and still controversial look at a political crisis that remains stubbornly unsolved. --Jeff Shannon
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I first viewed this film from Netflix. I was so moved by the film that I just had to purchase it. Having been in Tibet,I know these people are very peaceful & don't deserve this treatment. This is a film everyone should watch.
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Everthing about this film kept me mesmerized. I had no idea that I was watching the movie for over an hour and a half until it ended. It is filled with beautiful scenery, drama, suspense and history. I especially loved the scenes of family life and riutals in Tibet. In addition, the pace of the film was perfect for one having subtitles. Its beauty and truth make it a must see.
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This movie is surely a must for anyone interested in modern Tibet or for anyone that still thinks Tibet is that depicted by Scorsese or Annaud. I read it has been made in semi-clandestine conditions and with great difficulties and that this is one of its points of force.
The story is simple and embraces three generations of Tibetans that have immigrated to Lhasa from their mountain village, from the Chinese occupation to our days. The years have completely eradicated and urbanized the traditional ... Read More
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Note: Chinese, Tibetan with some English narration and English subtitles.
Paul Wagner's 'Windhorse' has the feel and look of a television docu-drama. If I just happened to be channel surfing and came upon this film in progress I would probably assume it to be a new Asian soap opera on cable.
However having said that it must be understood by any potential viewer that this is a film where the message is first and foremost. Secretly filmed on location in Tibet at great risk, the intent ... Read More
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Forget "Kundun" or "Seven Years in Tibet." Good films, but those are Hollywood. For an emotionally authentic depiction of the oppression of the Tibetans, I don't think I can recommend a better movie. First of all, the Tibetans in the film are not professionals but actual people who experienced the injustices. There is a scene in a Buddhist monastery where the nuns are told by Chinese soldiers they can no longer display a picture of their beloved Dalai Lama. The nuns cry real tears and you can tell the difference! ... Read More
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WAGNER,PAUL
EAN: 9781567303865
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 1567303862
Label: New Yorker Video
Manufacturer: New Yorker Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Yorker Video
Release Date: November 29, 2005
Running Time: 97 minutes
Studio: New Yorker Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
Sales Rank: 56776
MPN: 717119760540
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