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Milarepa: The Movie
Neten Chokling Rinpoche aloft with the camera In
2000, a Tibetan lama named Khyentse Norbu took the reins from directors
such as Martin Scorsese (“Kundun”) and Jean-Jacques Annaud (“Seven
Years in Tibet”) and directed his own feature-length film based on
Tibetan life, “The Cup,” a charming tale of young monks distracted by
soccer’s penultimate match: the World Cup. Working as a principal actor
on that film was another young lama, Neten Chokling Rinpoche, who
closely observed his friend’s directorial techniques. On Norbu’s next
production, “Travellers and Magicians,” Chokling Rinpoche moved up in
the ranks to 2nd unit director and assistant to the director, and even
served as a stuntman. It was only a matter of time before the
inquisitive, 33-year-old lama struck out on his own, and when he did,
he would take for his subject none other than one of Tibet’s most
beloved figures.
“Milarepa,” the directorial debut of Neten
Chokling Rinpoche, tells the story of the famed Tibetan yogi in his
early years. Filmed on location in the remote Spiti Valley on the
Indo-Tibetan border, the cast and crew, including the film’s star,
Jamyang Lodro of “The Cup,” consisted mainly of monks from the
monastery of which Chokling Rinpoche is the Spiritual Head: Pema Ewam
Chogar Gyurme Ling Monastery of Bir, Himachel Pradesh, India.
Contributor Sasha Meyerowitz, a post-production crew member on “Milarepa,” recently interviewed Neten Chokling Rinpoche about his new film …
SM (Sasha Meyerowitz): Do your peers find it funny that you, a Rinpoche, are making movies? NCR (Neten Chokling Rinpoche):
You know, the Buddha always said, ‘Help according to the time …’ Now,
times have changed. In that [previous] generation, they didn’t have
movies or anything like that. Now we do.
SM: How did the idea for this film get started and by whom? NCR:
Every time I read Milarepa’s story I find it very inspiring. There’s
much to learn from his story, what he goes through, where he comes to.
Milarepa’s life is perhaps a Buddhist version of the traditional “rags
to riches” fable, except in this case the “rags” are the unfortunate
circumstances, misdeeds, and negative actions Milarepa accumulates
early in life. And the “riches” are his coming to the path and
attainment of enlightenment. His story shows that the path to
enlightenment is accessible to all and can be anyone’s aspiration and
realization. As he says, “Any ordinary man can persevere as I have
done!
SM: What was the process of making the film like? NCR:
Well, I believe making a film about the life of such a person as
Milarepa has meaning just in itself. But filmmaking is also hard work.
We shot on location in Spiti, in India near the border of Tibet. It
looked exactly like Tibet there, in particular the areas where Milarepa
grew up, so we were fortunate to work there. But it was pretty tough
conditions: cold, remote, no phones, far from lodging, dusty, long,
long days. But the filming was made easier thanks to the local people
of Spiti. Spiti was once part of the Tibetan kingdom, so due to our
similar background, like religion and our very similar language, we had
no problems. The locals were really accommodating…
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