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Wheel of Time
Directed by
Werner Herzog
Not Rated
2003
83m
Documentary
7.1
94%
77%
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Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog's photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, India.
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Cast of Wheel of Time
Werner Herzog
Narrator (voice)
Tenzin Gyatso
Self
Lama Lhundup Woeser
Self
Takna Jigme Sangpo
Self
Matthieu Ricard
Self
Tenzin Dhargye
Self
Ven. Geshe
Self
Manfred Klell
Self
Chungdak D. Koren
Himself
Thupten Tsering Mukhimsar
Self
Madhureeta Anand
Self
Wheel of Time Ratings & Reviews
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Taking a low-key approach, Herzog captures the pilgrims' intense fervor. The sight of 500,000 people united in prayer is mind-blowing.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
The assembly and eventual destruction of the Kalachakra sand mandala is the cycle around which the German director Werner Herzog's absorbing documentary is structured.
Window to the Movies
Jeffrey Chen
Herzog clearly communicates an outsider-looking-in status in Wheel of Time.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
The director made his name in the '70s with a series of intense fictional films, but he's also proven a fascinating documentarian.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
[Herzog] knows instinctively when to linger and when it's time to turn away.
Rob's Movie Vault
Rob Gonsalves
Becalmed yet electrifying.
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
Wheel of Time lacks the intensity of many of Herzog's works, and the meditative nature of the monks is a strange match for the wildness of Herzog.
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Riveting and unique.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
A recent string of excellent nonfiction features now comprise an exciting new phase in this always adventurous director's career.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Extraordinary documentary on two Buddhist rituals that bring out thousands to meditate and to express their devotion.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
As always, Herzog comes up with some unique and often ridiculous human behavior in the midst of all this peace and tolerance.
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
A respectful depiction of religious zealotry
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Awe-inspiring for those of all faiths who sincerely hope that this world can be a peaceful one.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Herzog recognizes the gravity of his material here, and as such conducts a considerably lighter trek.
Variety
Leslie Felperin
What could end up feeling like a by-the-numbers Discovery Channel docu is enlivened considerably by wry asides from the helmer.
Village Voice
Ed Park
Patient and fascinated, but never succumbing to abstraction.
Film Journal International
Maria Garcia
Wheel of Time is flawed because Herzog attempts to illustrate faith through the exercise of faithfulness. He runs after the poetry of Buddhism and it eludes him.
L.A. Weekly
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
For a Herzog documentary, Wheel of Time is surprisingly unfocused.
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