2011 · documentary
Samsara (2011)
Directed by Ron Fricke1h 42m2011
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
Our read: Samsara (2011) (2011) reads as a neutral, slow-burn, inventive documentary entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, slow-burn, measured documentary, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- slow-burn
- inventive
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