{"id":18444,"date":"2012-02-02T10:12:07","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T18:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=18444"},"modified":"2012-02-02T10:13:51","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T18:13:51","slug":"samsara-ron-fricke2011-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=18444","title":{"rendered":"Samsara (Ron Fricke2011): USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?author=1239\">Linda Sweatt<\/a>. Viewed at the Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara Film Festivale 2012.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spotlighttoronto.com\/_content\/2011\/film\/tiff2011_samsara02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"163\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Samara is Tibetan for &#8216;ever turning wheel of life&#8217;&#8230; Mandala colors explode!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/cashierdecinema.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/09\/tiff2011_samsara01-290x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Layers and layers overlapping beauty in dance and sacred spirituality.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spiritofbaraka.com\/sites\/www.spiritofbaraka.com\/files\/samsara-preview\/04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"148\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Extreme close ups invite us into souls.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2011\/09\/samsara.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"179\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brute male strength at it&#8217;s most frail vulnerability<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moviesandlife.net\/images\/samsara-a-review4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"243\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The entire movie is\u00a0 a prayer devoted to the natural world&#8230; our planet is beautiful just as it is.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.teneighty.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/China-Spectacular-2-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Slow and deliberate yet masterfully fluid.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-snc7\/s320x320\/311402_166388133440652_149487325130733_345765_132968409_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Abandoned in silence, music carries us.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i54.tinypic.com\/2na3foy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"182\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A journey\u00a0 photographing sacred sights<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_v0fV15P7uQo\/TOQeFPtE48I\/AAAAAAAAInw\/7TplObRmlIM\/s1600\/koyaanisqatsi%2Bstreet%2Blights.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"262\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finding glory and rhythm in the man made.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_v0fV15P7uQo\/TOQeQN6f4zI\/AAAAAAAAIn4\/xuhTYjMNQHg\/s1600\/koyaanisqatsi%2Bscrapers.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But how far have we gone?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-dBNlSUi8Uls\/To1pbVZ_xpI\/AAAAAAAAIzc\/TTVG0v_EZnI\/s1600\/samsara-ron_fricke-ladakh_70mm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Samsara circles around the world connecting all as one with stunning visual evidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by Linda Sweatt. Viewed at the Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara Film Festivale 2012. Samara is Tibetan for &#8216;ever turning wheel of life&#8217;&#8230; Mandala colors explode! Layers and layers overlapping beauty in dance and sacred spirituality. &nbsp; Extreme close ups invite us into souls. Brute male strength at it&#8217;s most frail vulnerability The entire movie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,3,181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-documentary","category-films","category-santa-barbara-film-festival-2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}