Wheel of Time (2003)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Werner Herzog

Guionista:

Werner Herzog (writer)

Release Date:

30 octubre 2003 (Germany)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog's photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, India. |

Plot Keywords:

Buddhist

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Excellent Herzog fare; surreal, stylistic, yet real

Cast

Dalai Lama	...	Himself
Lama Lhundup Woeser	...	Himself
Takna Jigme Sangpo	...	Himself
Matthieu Ricard	...	Himself
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Madhurita Negi Anand	...	Himself
Tenzin Dhargye	...	Himself
Ven. Geshe	...	Himself
Werner Herzog	...	Himself (voice)
Manfred Klell	...	Himself
Chungdak D. Koren	...	Himself
Thupten Tsering Mukhimsar	...	Himself

Dirigida por
Werner Herzog

Créditos del guión (in alphabetical order)
Werner Herzog		writer

Producida por
Werner Herzog	....	producer
Andre Singer	....	executive producer

Fotografía por
Peter Zeitlinger

Montaje por
Joe Bini

Dirección de producción
Irma Strehle	....	production manager

Departamento de sonido
Mark De Gli Antoni	....	sound editor
Martin Schinz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Spitzer	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Lena Herzog	....	still photographer
Werner Herzog	....	cinematographer: Tibet
Erik Söllner	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Nick Fraser	....	commissioning editor: BBC
Maya Hawke	....	assistant editor

Otros miembros del equipo
Werner Herzog	....	commentary
Monika Kostinek	....	production accountant
Silvia Vas	....	continuity (as Silvia Zeitlinger)

Production Companies

• West Park Pictures Produktion
• ARTE (co-production)
• Dario de Luca Tipota Movie Company (co-production)
• GFBW (co-production)
• Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Distributors

• Hemispheric Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• 518 Media (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Ipma (2005) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Ripley's Home Video (2004) (Italy) (DVD)

También conocida como:

Kalachakra (Germany) (working title)
Rad der Zeit (Germany)

Duración:

81 min | USA:80 min

País:

Germany

Idioma:

German | English | Tibetan

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby SR

Clasificación:

Germany:o.Al. | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Bodgaya, Bihar, India

Company:

West Park Pictures Produktion

Excellent Herzog fare; surreal, stylistic, yet real

I just saw Wheel of Time yesterday at its premiere in Toronto, where Herzog was present. As usual, Herzog creates a compelling film: a portrait of a traditional Bhuddist initiation ceremony. Specifically, we are shown the pilgrimmage of hundreds of thousands of people to India and one year later, to a similar ceremony in Austria. On a purely documentary level, this winning film is a fascinating piece, giving insight into this ancient ceremony (including the pilgrimmage itself), as well as showing us the painstaking construction of a large "mandala" made out of colored sand, with a "wheel of time" intricately designed in its center. The interviews with the Dalai Lama were interesting and even humorous. On an artistic level, it is also a winner, as Herzog mixes stylistic poses and environmental landscapes within the structure of the documentary. Of course, Herzog's critics call this self-indulgence, but I strongly disagree. Herzog operates on a subconcious level in most of his films, including his narrative features, and actually succeeds where other "artsy" filmmakers fail miserably. Herzog has produced yet another fascinating masterpiece.