Little Buddha

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Chris Isaak, Bridget Fonda, et al.

A family is visited by Tibetan monks who believe their son Jesse is a reincarnated Buddhist leader.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 096009771393
• Release Date: June 2011
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Publisher: Platinum Disc Corportation
• Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
• Starring: Keanu Reeves, Chris Isaak, Bridget Fonda, Alex Wiesendanger, Ying Ruocheng, Jigme Kunsang, Raju Lal, Greishma Makar Singh, Khyongla Rato Rinpoche, Sogyal Rinpoche
• Runtime: 2 hours, 3 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: NTSC
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

This movie works on many levels.

This is a Bertolucci movie, so it will naturally have his style. This is a different story, so it should be told differently from his other films. In my opinion, this is his best. It is based on a true story; this means he did not wake up in the middle of the night with a radical idea. The story is used not only for the individual incident but as an allegory for today’s Tibetan (there are many other types) Buddhist way of thought. These are not two parallel stories in contrast. Without one, the other makes no sense. The section in Seattle is filtered in blue; It may have some deeper meaning. I see the blue-filtered scenes as the superficial environment. These differences help with the description of impermanence. The Selection of actors is excellent. You do not want the actor's personality to overshadow the character. It is too late for me. I will always think of Siddhartha as looking like Keanu Reeves. Just as with Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments “, the film's story does not follow the written story of Siddhartha. However, as this is the one that I watch, I will always think of this when someone mentions Buddha.