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9 items from 2012
Samsara Trailer: From the Director of Baraka
25 April 2012 5:59 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Prepare to have your mind blown. Ron Fricke got his start as the cinematographer on Godfrey Reggio's masterpiece Koyaanisqatsi, a non-fiction film that weaves together time-lapse footage of the world around us into visual poetry. He then went on to direct his own work with the IMAX shorts Chronos and Sacred Site and the similar non-verbal feature film Baraka. Now, ten years after the release of Baraka, he has returned with a follow-up entitled Samsara ("the ever turning wheel of life"). Shot on 70mm film, the film once again explores themes of life and death and "humanity's relationship to the eternal" through fantastic imagery on a large canvas. The first teaser trailer has arrived this week and it gives us a small taste of this imagery, although I could have done without all the quotes from critics interrupting the visuals. Samsara will get a theatrical release this summer through Oscilloscope Laboratories, »
- Sean
The Globe-Trotting ‘Samsara’ Trailer Presents a Stunning Visual Exploration of Our World
24 April 2012 3:00 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
In 1982, Ron Fricke wrote, edited and directed photography for Koyaanisqatsi, a movie that’s become a modern experimental classic that sought to create a pure sensory experience beyond what narrative storytelling could do. It’s the kind of film that audiences have to yield to, letting it wash over them like color-wrapped sound waves, and it seems likely that Samsara will be artistically related to Fricke’s early work. He re-teams here with Mark Magidson to create something that – if the movie delivers on its trailer – has to be seen and heard to be believed. The pair are most known for their work on the short doc Chronos and the feature Baraka, and their style is one that mashes moments together in order to find a sense of meaning. They’re incredibly good at it. Plus, the imagery! It’s amazing. The kind of stuff that steals your heart right out of your chest and makes you »
- Cole Abaius
Visually Staggering Trailer For 70mm Feature ‘Samsara,’ From ‘Koyaanisqatsi’ Cinematographer
24 April 2012 11:24 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
After viewing the trailer, it’s easy to correlate the beginnings of director Ron Fricke. The man was the cinematographer Godfrey Reggio‘s stunning documentary Koyaanisqatsi and now his latest film, following up Baraka in 1992, looks to be another beautiful work of art. Filmed completely in the phenomenal 70mm film format, Samsara attempts to tap into the language of life itself and while a lofty goal, one can not deny the stirring images on display. Fricke spent the last half-decade making the film which was shot in over 100 locations. Forgot 3D, here’s hoping this one gets the projection it deserves. Check out the trailer below via Apple.
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Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. Samsara reunites filmmakers Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson, whose award-winning films Baraka and Chronos brought a new visual and musical artistry to theaters. Dispensing with dialogue and descriptive text, Samsara explores the wonders of our world, »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
First Trailer for Documentary 'Samsara' Has Stunning 70mm Imagery
24 April 2012 11:07 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Following their fantastic films Baraka, filmmakers Ron Fricke (who also edited the iconic Koyaanisqatsi) and Mark Magidson are back with a stunning new documentary called Samsara. Fricke says the film "will delve deeper into my favorite theme: humanity's relationship to the eternal." Shot entirely on 70mm film (which hasn't been done in over a decade), the feature length documentary was shot in about 100 locations in 25 countries, and took over four years to complete. The trailer speaks for itself as the imagery is just beautiful, stunning, and would make Terrence Malick turn his head. Watch the gorgeous trailer below! Here's the first trailer for Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson's Samsara originally from Apple: You can also download the official Samsara trailer in High Definition over on Apple Samsara reunites filmmakers Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson, whose award-winning films Baraka and the short Chronos brought a new visual and musical artistry to theaters. »
- Ethan Anderton
Watch: Gorgeous Trailer For 'Samsara' From The Director Of 'Baraka,' Shot In 70mm
24 April 2012 10:27 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
While the wonders of 3D and IMAX are currently the latest toys being embraced by filmmakers looking to immerse audiences in the worlds they conjure up for the big screen, some directors realize that beautifully composed images, presented in the best possible quality, can speak more volumes that the latest gadgets. Ron Fricke, the helmer behind the acclaimed short "Chronos" and the celebrated feature length "Baraka" (and an editor on "Koyaanisqatsi") knows more than anyone the power that a single frame can bring. And returning with his first feature film in two decades, he hasn't lost a beat.
A brief, yet no less stunning trailer has landed for his upcoming "Samsara," and it proudly boasts the fact that it was shot in 70mm. And with good reason. This teaser for the film is not short on images that would make Terrence Malick weep, in a film that evocatively explores links between humanity and nature, »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Sundance Selects Says 'Gimme The Loot' For SXSW Winner; Wrekin Hill Finds 'The End Of Love' & Oscilloscope Reaches Enlightenment with 'Samsara'
21 March 2012 10:36 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
The SXSW Film Festival has shuttered its doors for another year, and now news reaches us that the winner of this year's Best Narrative Feature award has found a distributor, as did two other festival favorites from Park City and Tiff.
Deadline reports that Sundance Selects has acquired the Latin and North American rights to Adam Leon's “Gimme the Loot,” his NYC-set drama that found popularity with the SXSW crowd immediately after it screened. Before one objects to another Biggie biopic though, the film promises instead a vibrant look at two graffiti artists from the Bronx (Tashiana Washington and Ty Hickson), who seek revenge on a local gang by tagging a famous city landmark. With his feature debut, Leon seems to have replicated the festival success of Jonathan Levine's film “The Wackness,” which also made a stir with its outstanding soundtrack, young cast, and the reverent look at New York life. »
- Charlie Schmidlin
'Koyaanisqatsi' Condensed Down To 5 Minutes
7 February 2012 11:09 AM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
When American director and documentary filmmaker Godfrey Reggio created the experimental film "Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance" in 1982, he said it was open for interpretation. 30 years later and visual artist Wyatt Hodgson did just that, compressing the original 82 minutes into a mere five by speeding the movie up by 1552 percent.
The original film is a collage of video footage shot between 1975 and 1982, set to a score composed by Philip Glass, with no dialogue or verbal narration. Koyaanisqatsi, meaning "unbalanced life," comes from the language of the Hopi, an indigenous Native American tribe. This theme of incongruity can be seen through the both the original and remake of the film in the contrasting clips; from sweeping shots of canyons to congested highways to the launch of space shuttles.
This battle between nature and technology is evident, though Reggio refused to make an official statement on the message of the film.
"The film's role is to provoke, »
- The Huffington Post
Philip Glass @ 75
1 February 2012 9:16 AM, PST | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
Besides the two dozen operas, the symphonies, concertos and solo works, Philip Glass, who turns 75 today, has composed literally scores of scores for films, beginning most famously with Koyaanisqatsi (1982), an essay film as dependent on its music as any other. Glass and Godfrey Reggio would complete the trilogy with Powaqqatsi (1988) and Naqoyqatsi (2002). Another crucial cinematic collaboration has been with Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line (1988), The Fog of War (2003)), and other notable scores would be, for example, those for Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985; sample it here) and Martin Scorsese's Kundun (1997). And whatever you think of Stephen Daldry's The Hours (2002) — and chances are, if you're reading this, you may not think much of it at all — that soundtrack, aimed straight at the mainstream and nominated for an Oscar, holds up better than you might remember.
"Glass is the only living classical composer with anything »
Elena by Andrei Zvyagintsev
31 January 2012 10:49 PM, PST | DearCinema.com | See recent DearCinema.com news »
Andrei Zvyagintsev is one of the most interesting among active filmmakers today. He has only made three feature films. Each of those three films is built, to put it in literary terms, on the scale of a novella rather than an epic novel. Each film delves with aspects of family bonding—or at least that provides the least common factor for the tales, only to multiply and enlarge on aspects of an individual’s life beyond the family, subjects often relating to psychology, politics, sociology and religion. And that is what makes any Zvyagintsev film interesting—its universality and its inward looking questions, all open ended for the viewer to ponder over after the movie gets over. And Elena is true to that spirit.
Famous Russian novels (later made into films) often had for their titles mere names—Anna Karenina or Dr Zhivago. But those novels went beyond those ordinary names. »
- Jugu Abraham
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