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23 Oct 2005 | ...or reviled in his lifetime, the 'angry monk' Choephel has become an important figure in a rapidly changeing Tibet".
--VT Magazine (Japanese Press), Oct 2005:
Interview with Luc Schaedler | VanJapArt.pdf
--The Georgia Straight (Sept 8-15, 2005):
"(...) other titles to look for include ANGRY MONK: Looking at international cinema, festival director Franey points to the Swiss-made ANGRY MONK, which turns the notion of religious detachement on its shaven head.
--The Vancouver Sun (October 12, 2005):
"Luc Schaedler's absorbing film is a valuable introduction to an intriguing scholar and offers a very useful perspective on recent Tibetan history. Who knew that Tibetans keep pictures of Chairman Mao on their walls to ward off demons?"
--CommonGround.ca (Oct 2005):
"ANGRY MONK works as a historical travelogue of Tibet and India, covering the years leading up to Tibet’s occupation, and challenging stereotypical notions about Tibet (...) writer-director Luc Schaedler offers the encouraging observation that Tibetans are both experiencing a renaissance, and a newfound confidence in their culture, in spite of the Chinese occupation"
--Terminal City, Vancouver (Oct 2005)
Angry Monk: Reflections on Tibet ****
"Gendun Choephel wasn't your ordinary monk. He smoked, drank, had sex and was a vocal critic of the Tibetan government of the 1930s and 40s, regarding it as a repressive regime that all but closed its doors on the world, stymieing progress. If that was an inflammatory position then, it's hardly less so now – since Westerners prefer to imagine the former mountain kingdom as a hallowed state of grace spoiled only by its voracious occupation by the Chinese. Schaedler throws the myths away, producing an alternative assessment of Tibet's past and present that is eye-opening indeed."
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