Beheading Buddha

Inspired by Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung, and featuring their work and insights, A new kind of feature film for a thinking audience. Featuring Brian Blessed and Jenny Agutter, with a guest contribution by author Philip Pullman. If you enjoy the movie please donate any amount you feel is suitable and affordable at http://www.beheadingbuddha.com

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PLOT

A mysterious aristocrat sails around the world for seven years looking for the meaning of life and spiritual enlightenment. Suddenly he has The Answer. Or has he just cracked up?
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He then returns, inspired to perform a provocative one-man show in front of a live audience, where he proceeds to confront his inner shadow in what appears to be a schizophrenic meltdown, whilst delivering a raucous, unconventional New Age / Self-Help style lecture. Forget New Age. This is post-New Age.
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Filmed across the North Sea and in Suffolk, England, comes a daring, original, avant garde new film for people who think deep and broad.

Upon returning from his voyage of self-discovery, our hero buys an abandoned military airfield and converts its biggest hangar into a surreal theatre space and proceeds to stage his outrageous but impassioned one-man show to a live audience, during which he confronts his dark side, culminating with the ritualistic slaying of his previously cherished symbol of salvation - the Buddha himself.
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Why does he want to behead Buddha? What is the metaphor and meaning behind such an act? All becomes clear as the story and audacious live performance unfolds.
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The one-man show performance scenes were filmed in front of a real live audience, not extras, whose reactions, laughter, fascination and shock were all totally genuine. A real aircraft hangar was converted into a unique performance space and a luxurious private yacht was commissioned for scenes filmed across the North Sea.
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Original, thought provoking. utterly irreverent but totally honest, Beheading Buddha is not your average pop culture escapism

Watch online:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XYYpPRJ9Uw