Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Questar
• VHS Release Date: May 7, 2002
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000067JC7
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,512 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful, Poetic, and Funny, October 11, 2005

By 

Robert Reid (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Touring India [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is truly a great travel video. It's a cursory tour through a very diverse country, but Rick Ray's script is poetic and sensitive. All too often, travel videos of "exotic" lands are insensitive to the cultures they explore and nearly relegate the locals to zoo exhibits. But as Ray claims, "to analyze India on Western terms is a big mistake." This video covers a broad geographical range, from the Himalayas to the Backwaters of Kerala, from the ancient city of Varanasi to the modern developments of Mumbai. Throughout, this provides the relevant spiritual, cultural, and historical contexts.

There are some funny spots in this movie- for example:

"[The Ganges] waters not only wash the sins out of men's souls, they wash the stains out of men's socks."

and

"It's been said that all Indians are born actors. And the worst ones are in movies."