Samsara (2011 film)
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| Directed by | Ron Fricke |
| Produced by | Mark Magidson |
| Written by | Ron Fricke Mark Magidson |
| Music by |
Michael Stearns Lisa Gerrard Marcello de Francisci |
| Cinematography | Ron Fricke |
| Edited by | Ron Fricke Mark Magidson |
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Production
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Magidson Films
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| Distributed by | Oscilloscope Laboratories (US) |
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Release date
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August 24, 2012 (US) |
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Running time
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Budget | $4,000,000 |
| Box office | $3,201,599 |
Samsara is a 2011 non-narrative documentary film, directed by Ron Fricke and produced by Mark Magidson, who also collaborated on Baraka (1992), a film of a similar vein. Samsara was filmed over five years in 25 countries around the world. It was shot in 70 mm format and output to digital format. The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and received a limited release in August 2012.
The official website describes the film, "Expanding on the themes they developed in Baraka (1992) and Chronos (1985), Samsara explores the wonders of our world from the mundane to the miraculous, looking into the unfathomable reaches of humanity's spirituality and the human experience. Neither a traditional documentary nor a travelogue, Samsara takes the form of a nonverbal, guided meditation."
Samsara is directed by Ron Fricke and produced by Mark Magidson. The pair had collaborated on Baraka (1992) and reunited in 2006 to plan Samsara. They researched locations that would fit the conceptual imagery of samsara, to them "meaning 'birth, death and rebirth' or 'impermanence'". They gathered research from people's works and photo books as well as the Internet and YouTube, resources not available at the time of planning Baraka. They considered using digital cameras but decided to film in 70 mm instead, considering its quality superior. Fricke and Magidson began filming Samsara the following year. Filming lasted for more than four years and took place in 25 countries across five continents. Three years into filming, the pair began assembling the film and editing it. They pursued several pick-up shoots to augment the final product.
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