<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post113311026837160371..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113363253791985097</id><published>2005-12-03T12:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-03T12:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This is a stunning movie. There were many question...</title><summary type='text'>This is a stunning movie. There were many questions that lingered, and still linger, for me. I am thinking about the depths of shame surrounding the pleasure  the child took in his murderous play early on. But also the monk&#39;s decision to let the child play it out rather than interfere...there was an inevitability in it, and a deeply Christian sense of embracing pain and punishment, that as a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113363253791985097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113363253791985097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html?showComment=1133632500000#c113363253791985097' title=''/><author><name>lemonhound</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02339211884645310602</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113311026837160371' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113311026837160371' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1137445930"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 03, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113358161144302300</id><published>2005-12-02T22:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-02T22:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>i&#39;ve been dying to see this movie..</title><summary type='text'>i&#39;ve been dying to see this movie..</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113358161144302300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113358161144302300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html?showComment=1133581560000#c113358161144302300' title=''/><author><name>guile</name><uri>http://iampaperbag.blogdrive.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113311026837160371' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113311026837160371' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 02, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113347413385416710</id><published>2005-12-01T16:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-01T16:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Neat interview, thanks Girish.</title><summary type='text'>Neat interview, thanks Girish.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113347413385416710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113347413385416710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html?showComment=1133474100000#c113347413385416710' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113311026837160371' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113311026837160371' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113347289857743547</id><published>2005-12-01T16:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-01T16:34:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby--Being neither Christian nor Buddhist, I&#39;m r...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby--Being neither Christian nor Buddhist, I&#39;m reluctant to respond; I fear I don&#39;t know enough to be able to.&lt;BR/&gt;Instead, let me refer you to &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://harrylimetheme.blogspot.com/2004/07/kim-ki-duk-part-two-interview-april.html&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;an interview with Kim himself&lt;/A&gt;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113347289857743547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113347289857743547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html?showComment=1133472840000#c113347289857743547' title=''/><author><name>girish</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05079328617099035797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113311026837160371' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113311026837160371' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2061604690"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113344734160177245</id><published>2005-12-01T09:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-01T09:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Girish, is the film in any way a Christian critiqu...</title><summary type='text'>Girish, is the film in any way a Christian critique of Buddhism?  I&#39;ve read that in some of his films he is contrasting Buddhist compassion with Christian &quot;active-love,&quot; and is decidedly in favor of the latter as the former leads to indifference.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Another Asian film director who is Christian (and very violent) is John Woo who was apparently raised as a Lutheran.  Do you happen to know </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113344734160177245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113344734160177245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html?showComment=1133447340000#c113344734160177245' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113311026837160371' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113311026837160371' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113343749410039198</id><published>2005-12-01T06:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-01T06:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Interestingly, this is a most unusual work in Kim&#39;...</title><summary type='text'>Interestingly, this is a &lt;I&gt;most&lt;/I&gt; unusual work in Kim&#39;s filmography--his movies are legend for their hyperviolence and graphic imagery. The traces of cruelty that do exist here (like the boy&#39;s unthinking playfulness with the snake, etc) seem well integrated into the Buddhist vision that underpins the film.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also, Kim himself is Christian and has confessed in interviews (and this is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113343749410039198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113343749410039198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html?showComment=1133437440000#c113343749410039198' title=''/><author><name>girish</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05079328617099035797</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113311026837160371' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113311026837160371' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2061604690"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113337536592737314</id><published>2005-11-30T13:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-30T13:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>there once was a lad with a doorsplitting apples a...</title><summary type='text'>there once was a lad with a door&lt;BR/&gt;splitting apples and atoms in Kor-&lt;BR/&gt;ea in fact&lt;BR/&gt;where a door is a tact&lt;BR/&gt;by which keynote expounders close floors.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113337536592737314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113337536592737314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html?showComment=1133375340000#c113337536592737314' title=''/><author><name>Carton Tragedy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06542989177956491967</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113311026837160371' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113311026837160371' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1629265714"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113337242733466006</id><published>2005-11-30T12:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-30T12:40:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I loved this, too.</title><summary type='text'>I loved this, too.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113337242733466006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113337242733466006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html?showComment=1133372400000#c113337242733466006' title=''/><author><name>Patry Francis</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01352168828858437085</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113311026837160371' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113311026837160371' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1310562406"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113335809614163737</id><published>2005-11-30T08:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-30T08:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Spectacular film!  I only came across it when sear...</title><summary type='text'>Spectacular film!  I only came across it when searching for films to show in my World Religions class--the students will not read--and couldn&#39;t find much beyond the Seven-year-Tibet-little-buddha-razor&#39;s-edge stuff.  So S,S,F,W...&amp;S was perfect.  The 4 initial seasons nicely correspond to Buddhism&#39;s 4 Noble Truths--all life is suffering, suffering is caused by disire, etc.  It&#39;s harder than one </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113335809614163737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113311026837160371/comments/default/113335809614163737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html?showComment=1133358060000#c113335809614163737' title=''/><author><name>myshkin2</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12334340208396536106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/perhaps-nothing-could-be-further-from.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113311026837160371' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113311026837160371' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-16179833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 30, 2005"/></entry></feed>