SAMSARA... Oh. My. God.

Baraka was amazing, no narrative, no voiceover, just pure cinema. Samsara looks similar but with darker themes (the guns, prison etc).
 
If I remember it premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and then had a limited realese at like two theaters, don't think it's out on dvd yet.
 
I saw it back in like Sept...maybe even earlier. If you check their website it shows their tour dates. It said it was going to be in Denver for only a week, but stuck around for about a month or so.

It truly is a beautifully done film. I am not sure what is more impressive- the cinematography or trying to understand how they got permission/physically moved a 70mm camera to a lot of these locations (when you see the film, you will understand what I mean...the Mecca shots are unbelievable).

Unfortunately, there is no 70mm print being made of the film because they cannot afford to have it made. Rather, they shoe 4k digital and then just some 35mm prints and other digital copies. I wish I could watch something like this in a 70mm projection...

If you haven't seen it...go see it. It's just 2 hours of shot porn. Beautiful, beautiful cinematography with a powerful storyline that they are able to tell without words and still evoke strong emotions with the viewers.
 
ahhh I just wrote out such a long response and accidentally swiped back. Lets try this again.

70mm is the size of the film being used. Technically it's 65mm film when it's being shot and 70mm when being projected.

The significance of 70mm film is most obviously, the resolution/dynamic range that you get. The standard for most motions pictures (excluding digital) is 35mm film which is generally speaking a 3.2k resolution (some may argue its higher, but this is as a finished print). 70mm is generally speaking a little over 2x's the resolution of 35mm.

 
Wow, 3 posts...sorry! It's super early in the morning right now.

Also, it means it will help preserve this film from becoming out dated in the race for higher resolutions.

In my opinion though, it's not the increased resolution that is most impressive...rather, its the process of shooting this film in 70mm that I find unbelievable. Using a 70mm camera on a Hollywood set is one thing...but to use one in the locations and set it in the positions that they did in Samsara...now that's incredible. In addition, 70mm cameras are quite loud haha

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35mm camera

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70mm camera (these are bts shots from Samsara)

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hope this helps.

Also found this video,

 
I ended up watching a torrent of it in subpar quality, It was so unjustifiable to do but i just couldnt resist. Its a really awesome movie, it takes you to such awesome parts of the world along with some pretty fucked up places too. This movie really makes you grow fond of the places that aren't huge cities and that live a much more natural peaceful way. There was also this one scene with a business man that paints his face and it was so fucking scary holy crap. The soundtrack is absolutely amazingly perfect too.
 
The chinese factory shots reminds me of edward burtynsky's manufactured landscapes. Definately going to check this one out. thanks OP
 
absolutely incredible movie. i was lucky enough to see it in a theater. you really run through the entire spectrum of emotions watching it. it's an impressive achievement to make a non-narrative movie that moving.
 
I did, I was just saying it was on Netflix because a lot of people have Netflix and some people don't want to get the Blu-Ray/DVD.
 
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