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The best film I’ve seen in all my life. It is mind blowing visually and the music is very good. I saw it at the cinema, but if you have a big screen HD TV I expect it will still be well worth it. It’s something I’d like to see again. I couldn’t fault the film. It takes you on a kind of journey across the world and shows you every aspect of life in an incredibly stunning way. It’s a kind of documentary however there’s no commentary and you are left to freely come to your own conclusions. My friends went to see and they said it was great too. We’re all quite critical and so it has passed the test of discernment. Samsara (DVD & Blu-ray)
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I have recently seen this film at the cinema and it is superb. As the title suggests, it’s about birth, life, and death. A collection of images from around the world set alongside an excellent musical soundtrack. The images you see are wonderfully shot and varied: some beautiful, some imaginative, some shocking, all are thought provoking. Images such as: Buddhists and Buddhist Temples, scenes of the natural world, tribes from remote corners of the world (highlighting the contrasts of lives in the world today), a muscular tattooed man tenderly holding a baby, mass consumerism in the West, technology, fascinating images of people’s faces (some not quite what they first seem), and some truths about the food industry that every Human Being should see. I could list hundreds but better just to let you watch the film. When the film ended at the cinema the audience stayed glued to their seats, unable to move as they tried to take in and come to terms with what they had just experienced. In an industry that nowadays seems largely to be about making as much money as possible by churning out shallow trash, how refreshing to have people like Fricke, doing it for the love of art, for the love of producing something worthwhile. I would say the best place to see Samsara is at the cinema but if you missed the opportunity then the next best thing would be to watch it on a large sized plasma/LCD screen with a good speaker set up. And on this occasion it’s worth paying out the extra and getting it on blue-ray. Then get yourself comfortable, sit back, and enjoy a fantastic sensory experience.
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For those of us that have had the privilege of basking in the beauty of Baraka in high definition for some time now, Samsara may actually come as a minor disappointment, but then again, how exactly do you follow a masterpiece of film and sound?
Well, simply put, you don’t, but you CAN get extremely close, and close they get.
Samsara is another gorgeous film from Ron Fricke and Paul Magison. It’s a world filmscape/soundscape for those that haven’t had the pleasure of Baraka, Chronos, Koyaanisqatsi & Powaqqatsi. Describing it as a documentary would undermine it in reality. Shot on 65mm film throughout, nearly every single sequence will magically keep you rooted to your favourite armchair, blending haunting organic sound with cinematography that will simply melt your eyeballs. It’s about as good as being there.
Samasara is ostensibly an up to date Baraka, showing the human condition as it has developed over millenia. There are many, many similar sequences such as rubbish tip scavenging, ancient ruins timelapsed against starry skies, waterfalls, ancient architecture, volcanoes, the brutality and power of nature and the like but many are quite new, such as the Cebu prison piece (bizarre to say the least) and the night shots of Rio’s high rises and other electricity devouring cities (stunning).
Five stars no question, this captivating look at us and our planet should take top spot in any decent natural history film collection. Buy, own and enjoy.
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Samsara,
The best film I’ve seen in all my life. It is mind blowing visually and the music is very good. I saw it at the cinema, but if you have a big screen HD TV I expect it will still be well worth it. It’s something I’d like to see again. I couldn’t fault the film. It takes you on a kind of journey across the world and shows you every aspect of life in an incredibly stunning way. It’s a kind of documentary however there’s no commentary and you are left to freely come to your own conclusions. My friends went to see and they said it was great too. We’re all quite critical and so it has passed the test of discernment. Samsara (DVD & Blu-ray)
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|A wonderful sensory experience.,
I have recently seen this film at the cinema and it is superb. As the title suggests, it’s about birth, life, and death. A collection of images from around the world set alongside an excellent musical soundtrack. The images you see are wonderfully shot and varied: some beautiful, some imaginative, some shocking, all are thought provoking. Images such as: Buddhists and Buddhist Temples, scenes of the natural world, tribes from remote corners of the world (highlighting the contrasts of lives in the world today), a muscular tattooed man tenderly holding a baby, mass consumerism in the West, technology, fascinating images of people’s faces (some not quite what they first seem), and some truths about the food industry that every Human Being should see. I could list hundreds but better just to let you watch the film. When the film ended at the cinema the audience stayed glued to their seats, unable to move as they tried to take in and come to terms with what they had just experienced. In an industry that nowadays seems largely to be about making as much money as possible by churning out shallow trash, how refreshing to have people like Fricke, doing it for the love of art, for the love of producing something worthwhile. I would say the best place to see Samsara is at the cinema but if you missed the opportunity then the next best thing would be to watch it on a large sized plasma/LCD screen with a good speaker set up. And on this occasion it’s worth paying out the extra and getting it on blue-ray. Then get yourself comfortable, sit back, and enjoy a fantastic sensory experience.
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|Baraka 2.0,
For those of us that have had the privilege of basking in the beauty of Baraka in high definition for some time now, Samsara may actually come as a minor disappointment, but then again, how exactly do you follow a masterpiece of film and sound?
Well, simply put, you don’t, but you CAN get extremely close, and close they get.
Samsara is another gorgeous film from Ron Fricke and Paul Magison. It’s a world filmscape/soundscape for those that haven’t had the pleasure of Baraka, Chronos, Koyaanisqatsi & Powaqqatsi. Describing it as a documentary would undermine it in reality. Shot on 65mm film throughout, nearly every single sequence will magically keep you rooted to your favourite armchair, blending haunting organic sound with cinematography that will simply melt your eyeballs. It’s about as good as being there.
Samasara is ostensibly an up to date Baraka, showing the human condition as it has developed over millenia. There are many, many similar sequences such as rubbish tip scavenging, ancient ruins timelapsed against starry skies, waterfalls, ancient architecture, volcanoes, the brutality and power of nature and the like but many are quite new, such as the Cebu prison piece (bizarre to say the least) and the night shots of Rio’s high rises and other electricity devouring cities (stunning).
Five stars no question, this captivating look at us and our planet should take top spot in any decent natural history film collection. Buy, own and enjoy.
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