Samsara (2011) on Netflix
PG-1320111h 42mDocumentaryMusic
Across twenty-five countries and five continents, Samsara gathers images of sacred grounds, disaster zones and natural wonders, a wordless meditation on humanity's spirituality.
- Netflix4.2/5
- IMDb8.4/1040,270 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes76%
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Plot summary
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.
Cast
- Ni Made Megahadi Pratiwias Dancer: Valinese Tari Legong Dancers, Indonesia
- Puti Sri Candra Dewias Dancer: Valinese Tari Legong Dancers, Indonesia
- Putu Dinda Pratikaas Dancer: Valinese Tari Legong Dancers, Indonesia
- Marcos Lunaas Tattoo Daddy: USA
- Hiroshi Ishiguroas Professor and Robot Clone: Japan (as Prof. Hiroshi Ishiguro)
- Olivier De Sagazanas Mat At Desk: France
- Ladyboys of Cascade Baras Dancers: Thailand
- Kikumaruas Geisha: Japan
- Crisanto Neireas Lead Singer: Cebu Provincial Detenton Center, Philippines
- Robert Henlineas U>S> Army Veteran: USA (as Staff Sergeant Robert Henline)
- Tai Lihuaas Lead Dancer: 1000 Habds Goddess Dance, China (as Iai Lihua)
- Collin Alfredo St. Dicas Himself / Cyclist (as Collin St. Dic)
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Samsara (2011)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The crew filmed pilgrims circling the Kaaba in Mecca from a bird's-eye view, shooting from a newly built 40-floor building beside the mosque after getting permission from the building's owner.
- Samsara was shot with three 70 mm cameras: two manufactured by Panavision and one specialty time-lapse camera designed by director Ron Fricke himself.
- Unlike Baraka, which was scored to picture, Samsara was edited without music: composers Michael Stearns, Lisa Gerrard and Marcello De Francisci worked on sequences as separate pieces before connecting them.
- Samsara was captured on 65 mm negative film but finished digitally, output as a Digital Cinema Package; producer Mark Magidson said the digital stage let them refine imagery and save shots they would otherwise have had to trash.
- Distributor Oscilloscope Laboratories announced that with $1.8 million in box office earnings, Samsara had become the highest-grossing film in the company's relatively short history.
