 By Samir Shukla
We were watching a cooking show one evening. The veggies were being karate chopped, stacked and sorted, and sent flying into pans. The chefs ran around like proverbial chickens with their heads lobbed off. The cameras panning this way and that way, with quick cuts and closeups. I guess that's needed to make a cooking show more exciting, like some kind of sporting event. It only made me dizzy, and hungry. This was all being done in a “gourmet" kitchen.  By Samir Shukla
Director Khyentse Norbu's new film, Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache, focuses on the centuries-old Himalayan cultures, respect and celebration of feminine energy. This energy is personified in tantric Buddhism by Dakinis, females who may appear as mysterious living beings who give or take away life force. This Nepali production tells the tale of Tenzin, a contemporary Tibetan entrepreneur who is working to open a coffee house in Kathmandu and is quite skeptical of ancient beliefs. He is then haunted by inexplicable dreams and visions of Dakinis that are later interpreted by a monk as omens for his imminent death, within seven days. |
Proudly powered by Weebly