Why has bodhidharma come from the east

Now the words "Korean art film from the 80s" should be enough to get film snobs and Asian cinema fans to watch this film. And how many films are about monastics, to boot? I agree with the reviewers who say this film is slow and incomprehensible.

The Korean art professor who made this seemed more interested in making a pseudo-profound art film than an actual good film. The Zen koan-like utterings from the monks seem just a bit cliched. There was even a monastery cat in the window sill.

Does it get any better than that? Art films, especially foreign ones, will get a lot of rave reviews from critics and audiences alike for simply being pretentious and artsy. New York Times raved about this way back in Actually, this reminds me of Ponette - another very slow-moving, boring foreign film from around that time.

Still, I give 5 stars for some beautiful cinematography, hot actor why doesn't he have any other credits besides this film? I watched this streamed on YouTube, but had a really hard time following and keeping interested. Maybe it's better if you watch it in a theater.

This is a very little-known film from the 80s, but I can see art film houses screening this these days. This reminds me of a more recent monastery film, Into Great Silence , a German documentary that followed around Carthusian monks in a French monastery.

That documentary had no narrative, just silent, and just followed the monks about their lives. Anyway, this is a decent film to attempt watching good luck if you want to add to your tiny arsenal of monastery films. You'll learn about Korean stuff you probably didn't know about, like the purple rice black rice added to white, turns it purple. Velvetier May 3, Details Edit.

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Abstract This question—why did Bodhidharma come from the West? Google Scholar Dreyfus Google Scholar Gregory, P. Google Scholar Hansen C. Google Scholar Heine, S. Google Scholar Hui-neng. Google Scholar Tillemans, T. Google Scholar Download references. Garfield Authors Jay L. Garfield View author publications. Rights and permissions Reprints and Permissions.