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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20021018
Author:JANICE PAGE

Apologies to Conrad Rooks, but the only reason his 1972 film, "Siddhartha," is getting a 30th-anniversary rerelease is the appeal of seeing Sven Nykvist's amazing cinematography restored to its full splendor.

Not that there aren't other things to recommend it, including spiritually enriching themes and a star-studded Indian cast. But without the pretty pictures it's just a pale interpretation of Hermann Hesse's classic 1922 book.

From Nykvist's beautifully filmed opening, Siddhartha (Shashi Kapoor) embarks on a quest destined to traverse many places and states of mind before he understands ...

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