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Samsara [videorecording] / a Mark Magidson production ; a Ron Fricke film ; produced by Mark Magidson ; directed & photographed by Ron Fricke ; concept and treatment written by Ron Fricke, Mark Magidson ; a production of Magidson Films, Inc.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: DVD7339 | MPI Home VideoPublication details: [Orland Park, Ill.] : MPI Home Video, [2012]Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0788615467
  • 9780788615467
Uniform titles:
  • Samsara (Motion picture : 2011).
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources:
Contents:
disc 1. The film -- disc 2. Special features.
Production credits:
  • Editors, Ron Fricke, Mark Magidson ; music, Michael Stearns, Lisa Gerrard, Marcello de Francisci.
Summary: Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. Filmed over a period of almost five years and in twenty-five countries, it explores the wonders of the world from sacred grounds to industrial sites, looking into the unfathomable reaches of man's spirituality and the human experience. Photographed entirely in 70mm and transferred to 4K digital projection format, its mesmerizing images of unprecedented clarity illuminate the links between humanity and the rest of nature.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Director and cinematographer Ron Fricke offers a striking glimpse into some of the world's most remarkable happenings in this visually spectacular documentary. Following in the same template as 1992's Baraka (also directed by Fricke), Samsara is a study in the ways humanity works as a collective and as individuals, with the cycle of human existence providing the subtext for the parade of images (the title is a Tibetan word meaning "the wheel of life"). Combining scenes of destruction and rebirth, images of profound humanity and mechanized lifelessness, Baraka includes remarkable images of people working together en masse, including Muslims visiting the holy city of Mecca, hundred of Chinese dancers performing a synchronized routine, and prisoners doing group exercises in a prison yard. Fricke filmed Samsara over a period of several years, shooting on 65mm film stock and transferring the footage to 4K high-definition video for post-production and exhibition. Samsara received its world premiere at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.

Special features: The concept; The production; The editing; The musical journey; The technical approach; The filmmakers; Internet teaser; theatrical trailer.

disc 1. The film -- disc 2. Special features.

Editors, Ron Fricke, Mark Magidson ; music, Michael Stearns, Lisa Gerrard, Marcello de Francisci.

Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. Filmed over a period of almost five years and in twenty-five countries, it explores the wonders of the world from sacred grounds to industrial sites, looking into the unfathomable reaches of man's spirituality and the human experience. Photographed entirely in 70mm and transferred to 4K digital projection format, its mesmerizing images of unprecedented clarity illuminate the links between humanity and the rest of nature.

MPAA rating: PG-13, for some disturbing and sexual images ; OFRB rating: PG.

DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen presentation (2.39:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital 5.1.

The film has no dialogue.

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