Director Pawo Choyning Dorji interview: On Bhutanese modernity and echoes of Edward Yang in ‘The Monk and the Gun’

In his sophomore feature, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker wrestles with Bhutan’s growing pains, confronting guns, democracy, and phallic spirituality to ask what modernity is really costing us

Jul 31, 2025 - 08:30
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Director Pawo Choyning Dorji interview: On Bhutanese modernity and echoes of Edward Yang in ‘The Monk and the Gun’
In his sophomore feature, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker wrestles with Bhutan’s growing pains, confronting guns, democracy, and phallic spirituality to ask what modernity is really costing us

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