Samsara (Ron Fricke2011): USA

Reviewed by Linda Sweatt. Viewed at the Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara Film Festivale 2012.

Samara is Tibetan for ‘ever turning wheel of life’… Mandala colors explode!

Layers and layers overlapping beauty in dance and sacred spirituality.

 

Extreme close ups invite us into souls.

Brute male strength at it’s most frail vulnerability

The entire movie is  a prayer devoted to the natural world… our planet is beautiful just as it is.

Slow and deliberate yet masterfully fluid.

Abandoned in silence, music carries us.

 

A journey  photographing sacred sights

Finding glory and rhythm in the man made.

But how far have we gone?

 

Samsara circles around the world connecting all as one with stunning visual evidence.

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Published:
02.02.12 / 10am
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Documentary, Films, Santa Barbara Film Festival 2012