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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Louise Rosen
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Louise Rosen
  • 1 h 26 m

Summary Chogyam Trungpa, renowned Tibetan Buddhist leader, shattered notions about how an enlightened teacher should behave when he renounced his monk's vows & eloped with a sixteen year-old aristocrat. Twenty years after his death, Trungpa's name still evokes admiration and outrage. What made him tick? And just what is enlightenment, anyway? (...

Directed By: Johanna Demetrakas

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Louise Rosen
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Louise Rosen
  • 1 h 26 m

Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

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Summary Chogyam Trungpa, renowned Tibetan Buddhist leader, shattered notions about how an enlightened teacher should behave when he renounced his monk's vows & eloped with a sixteen year-old aristocrat. Twenty years after his death, Trungpa's name still evokes admiration and outrage. What made him tick? And just what is enlightenment, anyway? (...

Directed By: Johanna Demetrakas

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Mixed
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14% Negative
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70
Dec 1, 2011
The late Chogyam Trungpa's very colorful life makes for a most engaging narrative here.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 1, 2011
Crazy Wisdom offers a perceptive, if one-sided, perspective on Trungpa's impact on American spirituality and the arts.
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50
Dec 1, 2011
Director Johanna Demetrakas has decided to simply present the man in all his demanding complexities and let him and his encounters with associates speak for themselves. Her only rubric is the one visible in her title: "Crazy Wisdom."
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 25, 2011
The movie goes mushy when it should be critical, and leaves you with questions that it's not prepared to answer.
By Rachel Saltz FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 22, 2011
It is suggested that Trungpa was in possession of yeshe chölwa-the title's "crazy wisdom" - and, as a sort of holy fool, his apparent misbehavior could be read as a manifestation of higher spiritual truths. If you're determined to see something, it's easy to find it - so those inclined to interest in Tibetan Buddhism will discover something here.
By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 22, 2011
Part of the issue here may be the nature of the talking heads themselves, most of whom are culled from Trungpa's inner circle and lack the objectivity needed to properly judge his philosophy or make it accessible.
By Joseph Jon Lanthier FULL REVIEW
38
Dec 1, 2011
A documentary hardly anybody has been waiting for.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Crazy Wisdom Films
Release Date Nov 25, 2011
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://crazywisdomthemovie.com/
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Awards

Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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