Samsara

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Original title: Samsara
Year: 2011
Running time: 99 min.
Country: United States
Director: Ron Fricke
Screenwriter: Ron Fricke, Mark Magidsen
Music: Marcello De Francisci, Lisa Gerrard, Michael Stearns
Cinematography: Ron Fricke
Cast: Documentary
Producer: Magidson Films
Genre: Documentary | Nature
Synopsis / Plot: Filmed over a period of five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on 70mm film, "Samsara" transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.

Critics' reviews

"A spool of arresting, beautifully composed shots without narration or dialogue, 'Samsara' is an invitation to watch closely and to suspend interpretation"

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"An uplifting experience (...) It is a rather noble film (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"It has a rhythm and flow that ebbs like the tides, and a score that pulsates with a human heartbeat."

Katie Walsh: IndieWire
"A ravishing visual experience (...) This is well and good for devotees, but more skeptical types may find it simplistic and heavy-handed"

Walter Addiego: SFGATE
"The movie's impressive (...) The movie's also a series of generalities and surface connections (...) Sometimes, depending on expectations, looks are enough (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
"'Samsara' is such a spectacle that one can't help but cheer it along for showing such determination."

Jordan Hoffman: Screen Crush
"[It presents] one handsome sequence after another but providing no structural framework in which the imagery might resonate"

Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
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