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Slow-moving `Siddhartha' misses the boat.(VARIETY / FREETIME)

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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 20020906
Author:Covert, Colin

Byline: Colin Covert; Staff Writer

Contemplative and slow-moving, Conrad Rooks' 1972 adaptation of "Siddhartha" is true to the letter of Hermann Hesse's novel but misses the mystical punch that made it a campus craze.

Gorgeously photographed in lovely Indian locations by Sven Nykvist, the movie has been restored for Hesse's 125th birthday. It follows its hero on his lifelong quest for the contentment of the soul but, as with many road journeys, even the attractive scenery loses its novelty.

Siddhartha (Shashi Kapoor) is a handsomely coiffed, pampered young Brahmin who ...

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