If the landscape is first and foremost a gaze, the cinema of Ron Fricke - former director of photography of Godfrey Reggio's masterpiece Koyaanisqatsi (1982) and author of the splendid Baraka (1992) - is the quintessence of landscape becoming cinema. Shot in 70 mm, Samsara is the result of five years of filming in twenty-five countries. A surprising journey to discover the planet and one of the most enigmatic protagonists of the natural landscape, man. More than a film in the traditional sense of the term, Ron Fricke's latest work is a meditation through images on the relationship between man and nature, conducted through a powerful use of the most refined filming techniques. A true feast for the eyes and the mind.
