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Here are some customer reviews of Himalaya : This is one of my top 5 favorite movies ever. I saw it 3 times in two weeks, even though I didn't have any money at the time. It is stunningly beautiful, and the story's themes and characters' challenges are universal and enduring. It is an incredible contribution to the world. I rented and immediately purchased the DVD. It is a movie, but it pays very close attention to the life of the Dolpo-pa, and as such, it not only presents a story, but captures a "culture in time" that few of us will ever experience. We may walk through these people's villages, or hire them to carry our gear, but we never can participate in their personal lives. Eric Valli, whatever his ulterior motives in creating this film (if any), had to have been driven by a love of the people and mountains to put this together. In an era of globalization and the loss of cultures and languages every year, films of this kind have great anthropological and human geographical value. It's too bad that more Eric Valli's don't exist to preserve our vanishing human heritage. When presented as a story, it can reach a much wider audience than a standard documentary; the story pulls the viewer into the lifestyle. In addition to the movie, I found Debra Kellner's "The Making of Himalaya" to be equally as interesting. It presents another side of these people as real people interacting with a director and film crew. There is also an "Electronic Press Kit" which contains interesting footage such as showing cameras strapped on yaks' backs, and the pushing the fiberglass yak down the cliff into the lake. The DVD appears to be a good transfer on my PC and DVD player and has a bonus soundtrack of commentary by Eric Valli and Debra Kellner. Excellent little film. Saw it in London but have been to Himalaya.....this film is thebest film I've seen in a long, long time and totally captures the fierce majesty of the Himalaya. Incredible acting from non-actors, an actual plot (rare these days!), locations beyond belief. See it and buy the DVD when it comes out. The stupendous location of the most spectacular mountains on earth is the stage for "HIMALAYA" (Kino). Shown last year to great acclaim here at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (under another title), the story is about a tribal power struggle between a proud aging chief and a willful young challenger. The elder wants to wait for the proper date as set by the oracle and the young guy doesn't want to delay the start of the annual yak caravan salt trek and risk the threat of bad weather. This contest between men and mountain is as breathtakingly beautiful as any film that comes to mind. Perhaps even rivaling Terence Malnick's "Days of Heaven." There's a spiritual center to this extraordinary film that puts "A.I." to shame -- and at a fraction of the cost. Director Eric Valli, a National Geographic photographer, lives in Nepal. The amateur cast of high mountain Tibetans is refreshingly natural. The exotic soundtrack is by Bruno Coulais. This masterpiece deserves discovery. The images will shimmer in your dreams for days. Like Justin Henkel, I saw this film in Kathmandu, Nepal for a full house. Caravan is an amazing film dipicting the Dolpopa people of Northern Nepal. These are my people. I feel so close to them through this movie! If you have any heart for Nepal or it's people, SEE THIS MOVIE!

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