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Article: Movies; `Little Buddha': Bertolucci's Spiritual Glow
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- The Washington Post
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- May 25, 1994
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It's hardly surprising that Bernardo Bertolucci - a man
undaunted by the risky, the intellectual and the spectacular - would
make a film about the Buddha. What is surprising is the beguiling,
unpretentious result: "Little Buddha," a modern fable about a
Seattle boy believed to be a reincarnated Buddhist teacher, endears
the audience to the Tibetan doctrine with a glowing, almost
Disneyesque panache.
Photographed gorgeously by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro,
"Little Buddha" is graced with sweet-natured lamas, stunning sights
from the Himalayas and - in the wackiest bit of casting since
George Burns played God - Keanu Reeves as the Buddha. Few will
believe this without seeing for ...