Recommend me some films or documentaries

[Jetsun]

From this forums recommendation I recently watched 'IP Man' which is a kung fu movie about Bruce Lee's master, which I thought was really good so I watched IP Man 2 and 3 as well and I also watched 'King of Masks' which is a very moving brilliant Chinese film. Seeing as everyone here has such good taste can you recommend me any more similar to this?

 

For my own recommendation I really enjoyed recently 'Unforgotten Child' which is a sort of docu film about how they select new reincarnated masters within Buddhism. Also 'Black Swan' does a really good portrayal of the dark side and neurosis, good but also quite disturbing.

[InfinityTruth]

Ninja Assassin. Kickass movie. Just make sure you have anti virus protection or you may completely screw up your comp if you're watching it online.

 

I just got my comp back from a similar fate.

Edited April 30, 2011 by InfinityTruth

[TheSongsofDistantEarth]

'Source Code' is great and thought provoking spiritual suspense, with references to 'Jacob's Ladder', a movie about the Bardo state after death.

 

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[ShaktiMama]

'Source Code' is great and thought provoking spiritual suspense, with references to 'Jacob's Ladder', a movie about the Bardo state after death.

 

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I loved that movie!

[三江源]

Did you see The Fountain by Aronofsky?

[Jetsun]

Did you see The Fountain by Aronofsky?

 

I haven't, I will check it out, thanks!

[C T]

I recently watched two very good kung-fu movies. I think you will enjoy 14 Blades (with Donnie Yen) and True Legend. Got them both from Amazon for peanuts... a couple of euro each is all.

[三江源]

I LOVE Jet Li fillums! ll the way from the early Shao Lin ones up to todays epics.

 

And my favourite classic MA movie is "Drunken Master" - the really old Jackie Chan one ( not the remake)

 

I just watched Milarepa --> twas good.

[C T]

I LOVE Jet Li fillums! ll the way from the early Shao Lin ones up to todays epics.

 

And my favourite classic MA movie is "Drunken Master" - the really old Jackie Chan one ( not the remake)

 

I just watched Milarepa --> twas good.

Call me childish, but i think Donnie Yen can whoop Jet Li's ass anytime!! haha

 

Incidentally, True Legend is about the rise of the founder of Drunken Fist kung fu. Pretty spectacular martial arts in the movie! Get it!

 

Milarepa i enjoyed too...

[lifeforce]

Confucius with Chow Yun Fat is a really good film.

I'm looking forward to see the Shaolin Temple film with Jackie Chan when it gets a UK release.

[doc benway]

Here are a few I like, be forewarned I have eccentric tastes in film -

 

Enter the Void - Gaspard Noe Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead and a DMT trip, very long, bizarre, and beautiful

El Topo - Alejandro Jodorowsky An allegoric Western imbued with Eastern philosophy and outrageous imagery

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter,... and Spring - Kim ki-duk Set in a Korean Buddhist monastery - brilliant

Kung Fu Hustle - Stephen Chow One of my all time favorite martial arts films, I never get tired of it

Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro Visually and emotionally stunning

[Harmonious Emptiness]

edit: whoops, wrong topic

but while I'm here, check out the Magical Egypt series on youtube, and WuDang: Cradle of Taoism series there too.

Edited June 29, 2011 by Harmonious Emptiness

[suninmyeyes]

Hi,

Just saw this thread first time now.

'Travellers and magicians' is a good movie made by a buddhist teacher Khyentse Norbu Rinpoche:

also 'The cup' by the same director.

And one of my favourites is amazing

'Baraka'

 

Recently saw 'Taiji Master' and its good and enetertaining.

[suninmyeyes]

OK just saw 'Samsara', a very good film,

http://www.youtube.com/user/hoimeo#p/u/9/yssU5dxI7z8

[mewtwo]

oh um when it gets released stateside if it does or gets a fansub um will be watching "Buddha" ny osamu tezuka

 

[lifeforce]

I'm looking forward to see the Shaolin Temple film with Jackie Chan when it gets a UK release.

 

I bought this on dvd the other day and I have to say that I was slightly disappointed.

Maybe I was expecting a bit more actual Shaolin history/culture/martial arts while instead it seemed to be more focussed on feuding military generals with the temple as the battleground. With the film being Chinese and a lot of the actors still residents there, I guess they can't really show the murder and atrocities which actually took place, for fear of reprisals.

A film detailing what actually happened to Chinese spiritual, martial and religious culture is definitely overdue.

[suninmyeyes]

the film has gone and now is back due to mysterious reasons and one more for the effect

 

Fantastic film by Korean director Ki Duk Kim

'Spring, summer, autumn, winter..spring' set in Buddhist monastery,it is medtitation on life and time.

 

You can see it on the You tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EII4ZmT47Oc

Edited October 20, 2011 by suninmyeyes

[Gerard]

http://www.thelastanchoritefilm.co.uk/#

 

 

About a Christian hermit living in the desert.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFbjDcz_CbU

 

The Life of the Buddha

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn59VklXTkM&feature=watch-now-button&wide=1

 

The Life and Times of Jesus Christ

 

 

Ramana Maharsi, Indian yogi and mystic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amongst White Clouds. Chan Buddhist hermits.

 

...everything is a trial, you can't be afraid of hardship, the more the hardship, the more you move forward. There is physical hardship but the mental hardship is most important."

[Yuen Biao]

From this forums recommendation I recently watched 'IP Man' which is a kung fu movie about Bruce Lee's master, which I thought was really good so I watched IP Man 2 and 3 as well and I also watched 'King of Masks' which is a very moving brilliant Chinese film. Seeing as everyone here has such good taste can you recommend me any more similar to this?

 

The first Ip Man was quite good but the second I thought was a great let down and unfortuantely both movies wander terribly from the truth. Part 3 is a prequel and was made seperately from the other two movies and technically it is incorrect to call it part 3.

 

Ever seen The Prodigal Son? Based on historical figures involved with the Wing Chun system.

 

Wong Kar Wai is about to release a version of the Ip Man story called The Grandmasters starring Tony Leung but based on the following trailer I'm not so sure of how accurate that will be -

 

I also echo the sentiment in regard to Shaolin as to why we cannot see a true representation of the story rather than it too also being muddied by jingoism and falsehoods!

[Yuen Biao]

Edit - double post, sorry!

Edited December 7, 2011 by Yuen Biao

[Desert Eagle]

'King of Masks'

 

good film. check this out: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363226/ "The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi "

[Friend]

"Arhats in Fury" is very nice classic film about Zealots, Shaolin and the question of Violence or non violence. The fight szenes belong to one of the non wire fu stuff

with good story with good actors.

[Desert Eagle]

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter,... and Spring - Kim ki-duk Set in a Korean Buddhist monastery - brilliant

 

great film, "lust leads to the desire to possess, the desire to possess leads to the desire to kill."

 

also check out this one: "Freedom behind bars"

 

it is a documentary about applying vipassana in a prison in alabama. very good docu, worth the watch.

 

http://www.tm.org/blog/people/freedom-behind-bars-transforming-lives-inmates-guards/

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jenny-phillips/freedom-behind-bars_b_268586.html

 

http://www.dhammabrothers.com/

 

Edited February 12, 2012 by Desert Eagle

[Songtsan]

The Emperor and the Assassin

Baraka II: Samasara

[konchog uma]

want to second El Topo (also Holy Mountain by Jodorowski), Spring, Summer...., and Pan's Labyrinth!

 

which means i will be watching kung fu hustle and enter the void soon thanks steve