Words of My Perfect Teacher
Buddhist teacher leads students on a spiritual wild goose chase
Renowned spiritual teacher Dzongsar Khyentse Norbu leads three students--one of them director Lesley Ann Patten--on a wild goose chase around the world, pressing their buttons and challenging their devotion at every turn of the screw. No sooner has he pushed them away does he rematerialize for more lessons, a habit that initially made me want to punch him hard. But as the film progresses and the three pilgrims are plunged into ever more introspective states, one begrudgingly has to admit that there might be something to his process. For neophytes who regard Buddhists as gentle, passive, and dreamy, Dzongsar's blunt and dismissive tone will come as a rude shock, but the film surrounding him serves as an excellent springboard to spiritual discussion beyond its value as a stereotype-buster. (T. Hoover, Film Freak Central)
Words of My Perfect Teacher
Sat & Sun April 9 & 10, 2005, 7:00 & 9:15, Muenzinger Auditorium
Canada, 2003, in English, Color, 103 min, Unrated • official site
Tickets
10 films for $60 with punch card
$9 general admission.
$7 w/UCB student ID,
$7 for senior citizens
$1 discount to anyone with a bike helmet
Free on your birthday! CU Cinema Studies students get in free.
Parking
Pay lot 360 (now only $1/hour!), across from the buffalo statue and next to the
Duane Physics tower, is closest to Muenzinger. Free parking can be found after 5pm at the meters
along Colorado Ave east of Folsom stadium and along University Ave west of Macky.
RTD Bus
Park elsewhere and catch the HOP to campus
International Film Series
(Originally called The University Film Commission)
Established 1941 by James Sandoe.
First Person Cinema
(Originally called The Experimental Cinema Group)
Established 1955 by Carla Selby, Gladney Oakley, Bruce Conner and Stan Brakhage.
C.U. Film Program
(AKA The Rocky Mountain Film Center)
First offered degrees in filmmaking and critical studies in 1989 under the guidance of Virgil
Grillo.
Celebrating Stan
Created by Suranjan Ganguly in 2003.
C.U. Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts
Established 2017 by Chair Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz.