Ron Fricke - Samsara

[Redruth]

"Samsara is different to Baraka, as Ron Fricke told me himself. But it has the same spirit. Samsara has the same exquisite picture quality, emotion evoking landscapes and people, timelapse sequences, fast paced editing, and emotional music. Samsara is more about people than Baraka. It is less spiritual than Baraka. It is more urban than Baraka. If you like Baraka, you will probably like Samsara."

 

 

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770802/

[Alcofribas]

looking forward to seeing this!

[tec]

Same, sadly I think it will be very difficult to watch in the cinema if the official site is anything to go by.

[chim]

These kinds of films are my favourite

[Goiter Sanchez]

Splendid! Baraka has always been a favorite of mine!

[Tauhid]

I saw this with a friend of mine a couple weeks ago. Pretty spectacular cinematography and locales. The score was kinda new agey, but I guess that's to be expected. I've got to check out Baraka now.

[awepittance]

holy shit this kicked ass. lived up to all my expectations. wow

[chenGOD]

It is less spiritual than Baraka.

 

That just doesn't make any sense at all.

 

Anyhow, I'll have to wait for the DVD and see it at home. Hopefully some specialist theater with the capability will show it near me.

[zazen]

There are loads of places showing this in London, including the BFI imax, going to try and catch it this week

 

http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/samsara-film-listings-45020.html

[awepittance]

just watched Baraka again tonight. I think Samsara is a very worthy sequel. Made me forget about how shockingly underwhelming and oddly hodge-podge 'minds eye' 90s virtual reality themed and early 2000's video effect laden Naqoyqatsi was

[awepittance]

im surprised watmm has slept on a film which features some of the best cinematography in history. Would it help if it was an indie film made by a Spaniard about incest?

[tec]

Or it's just difficult to see it at the cinema.

[eugene]

and it's not on torrents yet.

[mcbpete]

My unashamedly cut-and-pasted-from-another-forum-I-post-in review:

 

I meant to post this on Friday after returning from the film but, erm, didn't. I'm a big fan of the Godfrey Reggio/Ron Fricke works (still haven't seen Chronos yet though), though the third Qatsi was kind of a let down with it's use of CGI filters which kind of dated the whole thing. Although it was a really great film (I had tears in my eyes at one point at the beauty of it all) it didn't really say much more than what had been covered already in Baraka, and in my opinion Reggio tends to focus perhaps a little too much on the whole religion aspects of human nature than other subjects.

 

Soundtrack wise I think I enjoyed it more as a whole than Baraka ( though there wasn't a particular stand-out moment unlike Baraka with this scene -

and some of the cinematography was absolutely outstanding, if I'm being really picky (though it may be the projection of the movie) I noticed some vignetting at the edge of some shots making the sides a little dull that I don't remember seeing on my bluray copy of his previous film. Structurally it also seemed to be a little looser than Baraka sometimes drifting from theme to theme without much of a connection, which not necessarily bad, meant it seemed more of a collection of 'stuff' than the greater association between scenes of other works.

 

Koyaanisqatsi was the first of the films I've seen of this style and still remains my favourite. Everything about the film just clicks for me, from the soundtrack to the images and the cyclic nature of the film - all perfick. I'd love to have a high-definition copy of the film, DVD really doesn't do it justice ! I probably sound like a complete uncultured swine, but I can relate more to the western-culture theme in this film than the more eastern and african vibes from of some of his other works. I also think the date of the film's creation is what interests me considerably too - American society in this late 70s/Early 80s time frame gives it this really strange 'almost-present' atmosphere. Seeing the people and technology of my personal favourite era in history really appeals to me for some reason.

 

In brief: Samsara - good film, more of an update to Baraka than something completely new, but well worth a watch (especially so if you've never seen this type of film before)

[vertsk8er419]

go see this. like, now.

 

the performance art, "man at desk" by olivier sagazan is especially stimulating, similar in effect to the screaming man from Baraka...

[Danny O Flannagin]

My unashamedly cut-and-pasted-from-another-forum-I-post-in review:

 

I meant to post this on Friday after returning from the film but, erm, didn't. I'm a big fan of the Godfrey Reggio/Ron Fricke works (still haven't seen Chronos yet though), though the third Qatsi was kind of a let down with it's use of CGI filters which kind of dated the whole thing. Although it was a really great film (I had tears in my eyes at one point at the beauty of it all) it didn't really say much more than what had been covered already in Baraka, and in my opinion Reggio tends to focus perhaps a little too much on the whole religion aspects of human nature than other subjects.

 

Soundtrack wise I think I enjoyed it more as a whole than Baraka ( though there wasn't a particular stand-out moment unlike Baraka with this scene - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baKav_qlVT8

and some of the cinematography was absolutely outstanding, if I'm being really picky (though it may be the projection of the movie) I noticed some vignetting at the edge of some shots making the sides a little dull that I don't remember seeing on my bluray copy of his previous film. Structurally it also seemed to be a little looser than Baraka sometimes drifting from theme to theme without much of a connection, which not necessarily bad, meant it seemed more of a collection of 'stuff' than the greater association between scenes of other works.

 

Koyaanisqatsi was the first of the films I've seen of this style and still remains my favourite. Everything about the film just clicks for me, from the soundtrack to the images and the cyclic nature of the film - all perfick. I'd love to have a high-definition copy of the film, DVD really doesn't do it justice ! I probably sound like a complete uncultured swine, but I can relate more to the western-culture theme in this film than the more eastern and african vibes from of some of his other works. I also think the date of the film's creation is what interests me considerably too - American society in this late 70s/Early 80s time frame gives it this really strange 'almost-present' atmosphere. Seeing the people and technology of my personal favourite era in history really appeals to me for some reason.

 

In brief: Samsara - good film, more of an update to Baraka than something completely new, but well worth a watch (especially so if you've never seen this type of film before)

 

Relating more to western culture doesn't mean you're uncultured. It just hits closer to home. I agree, Koyaanisqatsi is my favorite out of the trilogy because i can relate to it. This is why there are so many movies centered around suburban lifestyle because so many people have grown up in that way and can relate to it.