CREEDS OF OUR TIMES

Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra

 

The Razor’s Edge (145 min; 1946; dvd; English)

A film directed by John Byrum 

 

With Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney

 

Nominated for the Best Picture Award at the Oscars, and is a recipient of the Oscar Award for Best Supporting Actor 1947; and Golden Globes for Best Supporting Actor & Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globes, USA 1947

 

Based on the renowned novelist W. Somerset Maugham’s best-seller, The Razor's Edge tells the story of Larry Darrell, an American pilot traumatized by his experiences in World War I, who sets off in search of some transcendent meaning in his life and questions society’s values

 

(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness The Dalai Lama)