Repost: Brad Warner's Hardcore Zen (May 17th at the Cleveland Buddhist Temple)

[BRAD WARNER'S HARDCORE ZEN screens Saturday May 17th at the Cleveland Buddhist Temple (located at 1573 E 214th St, Euclid, Ohio 44117) at 6:30 pm.]

Review by Bob Ignizio

Caucasian with a boyish looking face and just as likely to be wearing jeans and a black leather jakcet as robes, it's fair to say that Brad Warner does not fit most people's preconceived notions of what a Zen teacher looks like. His career path has been unconventional as well, with stints in Akron area rock bands 0DFX (which he still does occasional shows with) and Dimentia 13, a number of years spent in Japan working on giant monster movies and TV shows (including some of the many Ultraman programs), and occasional forays into filmmaking, most notably as director of the documentary CLEVELAND'S SCREAMING about NE Ohio's hardcore punk scene of the 80s. But it is as one of the most prominent voices in modern Zen that Warner is known best, with several well regarded books on the subject to his credit, and a regular blog about Zen on the Suicide Girls website.

Brad Warner's Hardcore Zen (now playing one city at a time across America)

[BRAD WARNER'S HARDCORE ZEN is currently touring the country playing one theater at a time. No Cleveland date is imminent, but since the subject is from the NE Ohio area we are reviewing the film now.]

Review by Bob Ignizio

Caucasian with a boyish looking face and just as likely to be wearing jeans and a black leather jakcet as robes, it's fair to say that Brad Warner does not fit most people's preconceived notions of what a Zen teacher looks like. His career path has been unconventional as well, with stints in Akron area rock bands 0DFX (which he still does occasional shows with) and Dimentia 13, a number of years spent in Japan working on giant monster movies and TV shows (including some of the many Ultraman programs), and occasional forays into filmmaking, most notably as director of the documentary CLEVELAND'S SCREAMING about NE Ohio's hardcore punk scene of the 80s. But it is as one of the most prominent voices in modern Zen that Warner is known best, with several well regarded books on the subject to his credit, and a regular blog about Zen on the Suicide Girls website.