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Travellers and Magicians (2003)

Travellers and Magicians is a 2003 Bhutanese Dzongkha language film written and directed by Khyentse Norbu, a reincarnate lama of Tibetan Buddhism. The movie is the first feature film shot entirely in the Kingdom of Bhutan. The majority of the cast are not professional actors; this movie is among the first to take a Himalayan Buddhist perspective. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travellers_and_Magicians The two men embark on parallel, if separate, journeys. Their yearning is a common one--for a better and different life. Dondup, delayed by the timeless pace of his village, is forced to hitchhike through the beautiful wild countryside of Bhutan to reach his goal. He shares the road with a monk, an apple seller, a papermaker and his beautiful young daughter, Sonam. source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378906 ***SPOILER ALERT*** A Buddhist Road Movie in Bhutan KRASNAYA: My first Bhutanese film experience and I can say BRAVO! Khyentse Norbu did a r...

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003)

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones is a 2003 documentary film about the highly influential New York punk rock band, the Ramones. The film tells the story of the Ramones from their beginnings in Forest Hills, Queens, and their earliest performances at New York's CBGB, to their unexpected induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. It features comprehensive and candid interviews with members Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Joey Ramone, Marky Ramone, C.J. Ramone, Tommy Ramone, Richie Ramone, and Elvis Ramone. Others close to the band are also interviewed, including Joey's mother and brother, contemporaries such as Debbie Harry and Joe Strummer, and childhood friends of the members. The filmmakers first attempted to make the film in 1994 to document the final year of the band on the road, but ran into difficulties with the band's management. Fields and Gramaglia successfully restarted the production in 1998 after the band had officially retired. sou...