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...director and adapter, Mary Zimmerman, has chiseled her story from a megalithic 16th century Chinese novel, Hsi Yu Chi. It tells of a spiritual quest, drawing on the legend of a 7th century monk who journeyed to India to bring Buddhist scriptures back to China. A trio of supernatural familiars attend him: a monkey, a pig and a river spirit. They are archetypal figures, as timeless as the Nereids who rescued Jason and the Argonauts, or the three sidekicks who accompanied Judy Garland into...
...beautiful French film, "The Monk and the Fish," (an Oscar nominee) creates a luminous monastery and aquaduct out of watercolors--and a fish-obsessed Monk to go along with it. The musical bouncing of the thoroughly rotund monk and the similarly entrancing splashing of the elusive little fish create a visual dance. That the monk is nearly mad with the chase only adds to the enjoyment...
...ancient hilltop monastery in Macedonia, a young monk named Kiril (Gregoire Colin of Olivier, Olivier) finds a frightened girl (Labina Mitevska) hiding in his cell. She is, we learn, the victim of ethnic hatred, and once her enemies track her down, the peace of this retreat is violently, permanently shattered...
When the curtain rises on Central Park West, we realize we're back in Allenland--that ingenious, engaging and occasionally claustrophobic terrain. We know the props: shrink jokes, sexual put-downs, etc. Debra Monk is Phyllis, a psychotherapist who, having discovered that her husband Sam (Guilfoyle) is unfaithful, seeks solace from her friend Carol (Lavin). Or so it seems. Turns out that Phyllis isn't looking for comfort but revenge: she suspects it is Carol her husband has been sleeping with. Carol counters by announcing that she and Sam, desperately in love, will be moving to London...
...later discover is already dead.) This dedication to structure undermines other aspects of the film as well. We are never allowed to become attached to one character, lest his story line stray too far from the rain. Just as we get to enjoy the company of this fascinating young monk we are pushed back to the beginning of the film. The viewer will not be immune to the irony of having to spend almost three hours with Forrest Gump and only thirty five minutes with Kiril...