Beyond Thought (Awareness Itself) (2011)
Awareness is what sensing beauty is just before thoughts arise
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 1時間 24分
演出 : James Hebert
シノプシス
In a world full of constant change, we are always aware of what’s going on and what we think about it. This gives us a sense of who we are related to what we are aware of. This documentary reveals that awareness itself is not what you think.
1939年、世界最高峰の制覇を目指し、ヒマラヤ山脈へと向かった登山家ハラー。だが彼は第二次世界大戦の勃発により、イギリス軍の捕虜となってしまう。登山仲間とともに、ヒマラヤ山脈を越える決死の脱出を図るハラーたち。そして逃亡の果て彼らは、チベットの聖地へとたどり着く。
1000年に1度生まれて、人類に善をもたらすという“ゴールデン・チャイルド”が誘拐された。彼を救出するために、エディ・マーフィ演じる私立探偵が活躍するアクション・コメディ。
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An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.
ダライ・ラマ14世の苦難と波乱に満ちた半生をマーティン・スコセッシ監督が描き出した壮大な精神探求のスペクタクル。チベットのとある寒村にやってきた高僧。彼らの目的は数年前に逝去したダライ・ラマ13世の生まれ変わりを探すことだったが……
ベルトルッチらしい美しい場面で綴る、魅惑的な輪廻転生譚。案内役となるのはアメリカ・シアトルの9歳の少年ジェシー。突然訪れた三人のラマ僧が彼の前にひざまずく。少年を仏陀の生まれ変わり、活仏だと言うのだ。父と共に未知のチベットに旅した少年は、そこで太古の偉大な王子ゴータマの伝説を学び、その姿を目の当たりに見て仏性に目覚めていく。インド・ロケによる王子が栄華を極めるシークェンスや、彼が悟りを開いて仏陀となるシーン等、SFXも絶妙で、映像的には大変見応えがある。
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既成仏教に疑問を抱き、大宋国にわたって正師と真実の教えに巡り合った道元は、日本に戻り、様々な出会いと別れの中で、時の権力に心の太刀で立ち向かい、万人を救済する真の教えを説いていく。
明朝末期。書生のグーは、小さな村に母親と暮らしていた。ある日、店に現れたオウヤンという男に、住んでいるチンルー砦のことを聞かれる。近所を調べると、そこには美しい女性ヤンが越してきていた。時が経ち、グーとヤンの距離が縮まる中、二人の目の前に待ち構えていたオウヤンが現れ、剣を抜きヤンと戦い始める。なんとヤンは政府(東廠)に処刑された大臣の娘であり、唯一の生き残りだった。人相書を頼まれたことで事実を知ったグーは、姿を消したヤンを探し出し、彼女とその仲間を助けるために、兵法を使って東廠の追跡隊を罠にかける。
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