Chasing God details
| Format: | Ex DVD |
|---|---|
| Starring: | Dawn French |
| Directors: | Lenny de Vries, Dylan Burton |
| Genres: | Documentary - General, Special Interest - Religion |
| Studio: | BLUE DOLPHIN FILM AND VIDEO |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
Chasing God |
Ex Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 52 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 10 Apr 2006 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Does not fulfill its promise
By a customer from London, England , 08 May 2006[Highly rated reviewer]
This film, purportedly about different religious and nonreligious views of the concept of god - a single god in the western tradition only - is not worth seeing.
Buddhism is represented by the Dalai Lama (in image only) and his followers, but the film implies that this religion includes the concept of a god. It doees not. When asked directly - as was done by the US talkshow host, Larry King - if he believes in God, the Dalai Lama's simple answer was 'No.' Pure Buddhism, unadulterated by modern gurus, has no god belief. This movie would have you believe it does.
The Hindu religion, which supports the concept of many many gods - at least as many as there are villages in India - was represented by a couple of people who seem intent on merging Hinduism into the western religious view of a single god.
The fundamentalist Christian viewpoint appears to be represented by a pastor of a group that chooses to accept all god-views, which is very far removed from the typical Protestant view that one's own church holds the key to ultimate truth, and all others are wrong.
The film - only 52 minutes long - should have been cut to little more than half that length. Over and over, each time a speaker was presented, an interminable amount of time was spent on a freeze-frame with a head shot of the individual and the person's name and position, even when it was the third or fourth time the person was included in the film. This information could have been presented in a subtitle, thus not interrupting the flow and wasting our time.
The western-centric point of view that permeates the film, the lack of accuracy in its subject matter, and the lack of any real conclusion or even serious debate, all come together to present a film that is simply not worth wasting your time.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(1)Does not fulfill its promise
By a customer from London, England , 08 May 2006[Highly rated reviewer]
This film, purportedly about different religious and nonreligious views of the concept of god - a single god in the western tradition only - is not worth seeing.
Buddhism is represented by the Dalai Lama (in image only) and his followers, but the film implies that this religion includes the concept of a god. It doees not. When asked directly - as was done by the US talkshow host, Larry King - if he believes in God, the Dalai Lama's simple answer was 'No.' Pure Buddhism, unadulterated by modern gurus, has no god belief. This movie would have you believe it does.
The Hindu religion, which supports the concept of many many gods - at least as many as there are villages in India - was represented by a couple of people who seem intent on merging Hinduism into the western religious view of a single god.
The fundamentalist Christian viewpoint appears to be represented by a pastor of a group that chooses to accept all god-views, which is very far removed from the typical Protestant view that one's own church holds the key to ultimate truth, and all others are wrong.
The film - only 52 minutes long - should have been cut to little more than half that length. Over and over, each time a speaker was presented, an interminable amount of time was spent on a freeze-frame with a head shot of the individual and the person's name and position, even when it was the third or fourth time the person was included in the film. This information could have been presented in a subtitle, thus not interrupting the flow and wasting our time.
The western-centric point of view that permeates the film, the lack of accuracy in its subject matter, and the lack of any real conclusion or even serious debate, all come together to present a film that is simply not worth wasting your time.- Was this review helpful to you?
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