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Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut (2006)
Inspiring.I liked it !
MMM...well I liked this film immensely.And as a practicing Buddhist who not only saw this film,but watched many people willingly and happily clap at it,including several Buddhist monks I'm proud of it as a Buddhist.Is it the best film I have ever seen on any subject..no? Is it ONE of the best for its utter simplicity and beauty and truth!Yes.I preferred it to films like Brokeback Mountain which had very little to do with love if you ask me!I found this film far more about love and loving kindness.And I enjoyed Anna Wilding's humble commentary.At the start of the film it states that "wild means : to be one with nature" and the theme of nature is carried throughout the film which I like.The monks live in a wild remote monsatry .Wilding's narration was a nice balance to the monks words and the whole films focus was and is clearly on the monks,and to say otherwise would question who has watched it in full and who has not. I fact I really don't see how that one commenator can say that about the scene when Anna goes into the hut.It was far from that.I am actually wondering if whoever said that actually watched it.I agree with the LA Weekly..it was cute and real and honest. Look,I don't know much about these things but surely it is special and unusual for a woman, to be allowed and approved to "penetrate" a Buddhist community and film it?This is what Anna Wilding has managed to do -seemingly and effortlessly as a sister calling into a brothers house.And she has been welcomed and allowed to show the monks as they are, and to tease(as they tease her),to question lightly and portray appreciatively the life and ideals of a small missionary Buddhist Community.She certainly has allowed for me, a practising Buddhist,greater understanding. And it has all been done in a colurful and natural manner that surely and successfully hides all the thought and work that has gone into producing this gem. I commend the film ,Buddha Wild Monk in the Hut,the monks , and its writer,narrator and Presenter Anna Wilding.A more humble and honest film could not be told.Thank you thank you thank you.