KUNDUN
Melissa Mathison
16 October 1992
Cast of Characters
(in order of appearance)
Reting Rinpoche ... Regent of Tibet, served in the years between
the death of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama and the discovery
of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. A monk.
Lama of Sera ... Keustang Rinpoche A high lama.
Lhamo Dhondrup ... The Fourteenth Dalai Lama. Also known
as Tenzin Gyatso.
Lobsang Samten ... The Dalai Lam
--
-- but, for some reason, its not a human cry, but the
CROWING OF A ROOSTER -- and when we PULL BACK OUT we see that
what were now watching is the Crowing Rooster and four
blazing camera lenses that was the logo of the old PATHE
NEWSREEL. The stentorian VOICE OF PATHE booms OVER:
VOICE OF PATHE
October 11, 1931: Los Angeles!
Dithering, Bernard Herrmann-like strings swell up.
CUT TO (B&W)
A
four...
...which I noticed was a problem.
And they had no hole
in the center of the record--
No, you had to provide it yourself.
So the people complained
that youd get this vinyl, in those days...
-...and its up to you to center it.
-It would teeter crazily on the spindle.
And that was, of course, we had
no control over that aspect of it.
They were still good records.
Good product.
If you punched
FOUR CRUISERS comes speeding
toward him, sirens wailing...
QUICK SHOTS of Memphis racing the Shelby through the early morning
harbor town streets ... Sirens peel ... Memphis turns up the music
... Pins the gas ... The chase is on ...
Memphis maneuvers the Mustang with a dazzling aplomb... Memphis
gutterballing the car, skating the shoulder, the cops in heavy
pursuit ...
And now hes picked up anot
Four Noble Truths: Suffering is an inescapable part of life. The origin of this suffering lies in desire, attachment and revulsion. Human being, however, can detect and understand these roots and adjust its acts. By doing so human being can conduct a life without harming any creature, it can keep to moral behaviour and can gain new awareness. The purpose is reaching nirvāṇa, in literal