Directors: Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson.\u00a0 USA, 2011.\u00a0 99 minutes.\u00a0 Cert: 12A. Language: None<\/p>\n
Winner – Best Documentary Award of Dublin Film Critics Circle<\/p>\n
“awesome, gorgeous, spellbinding”<\/em> – Boston Herald<\/p>\n Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. \u00a0SAMSARA reunites director Ron Fricke and producer Mark Magidson, whose award-winning films BARAKA and CHRONOS were acclaimed for combining visual and musical artistry.<\/p>\n SAMSARA is a Sanskrit word that means \u201cthe ever turning wheel of life\u201d and is the point of departure for the filmmakers as they search for the elusive current of interconnection that runs through our lives. \u00a0Filmed over a period of almost five years and in twenty-five countries, SAMSARA transports us to sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial sites, and natural wonders.<\/p>\n By dispensing with dialogue and descriptive text, SAMSARA subverts our expectations of a traditional documentary, instead encouraging our own inner interpretations inspired by images and music that infuses the ancient with the modern.<\/p>\n Expanding on the themes they developed in BARAKA (1992) and CHRONOS (1985), SAMSARA explores the wonders of our world from the mundane to the miraculous, looking into the unfathomable reaches of man\u2019s spirituality and the human experience. \u00a0Neither a traditional documentary nor a travelogue, SAMSARA takes the form of a nonverbal, guided meditation. \u00a0Through powerful images, the film illuminates the links between humanity and the rest of nature, showing how our life cycle mirrors the rhythm of the planet.<\/p>\n The filmmakers approach non-verbal filmmaking with an understanding that it must live up to the standard of great still photography, revealing the essence of a subject, not just its physical presence. \u00a0SAMSARA was photographed entirely in 70mm film utilizing both standard frame rates and with a motion control time-lapse camera designed specifically for this project. \u00a0This camera system allows perspective shifts to reveal extraordinary views of ordinary scenes. \u00a0The images were then transferred through the highest resolution scanning process available to the new 4K digital projection format that allows for mesmerizing images of unprecedented clarity.<\/p>\n Watch the trailer and interviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n