kittysmith-23122 Samsara is beyond pretty visuals though that's the first thing you notice. There is a story and a connection between every image in this movie which is a sequel to the similarly made Baraka in 1992. From Tibetian Buddhist retreats to the sprawling freeways of Los Angeles, from pictures of a tattooed hulking giant cuddling his baby to sex dolls being mass produced Samsara will at once shock and humble you. This documentary is universally admired, and you should definitely give it a shot. If you love photography than this is a must watch.

ayhansalamci Samsara, a Sanskrit word, means birth, life and death. I think this is a documentary that focuses on three loops and creates an incredible atmosphere. Music and breathtaking images are accompanied by questioning our lives and almost silent screaming. We continue our routine life. Instead of going through this cycle, we continue. Rather than thinking about what is happening, we keep our routines alive. Instead of pursuing our own dreams, we are doing nothing but realizing the dreams of other people. We do not know how to live peacefully and peacefully. We are losing ourselves to earthly affairs, breaking each other, killing, we condemn. Some people can not make money when there is peace and tranquility in this world. I believe that the people who watch Baraka and Samsara will differentiate their views of life.

Felonious-Punk Immense! This movie shows us things we're familiar with and things we have never even imagined, and yet it all comes from somewhere in our home, on our planet, within our environment. Framed by Buddhist philosophy and art, we have a god's-eye-view of all continents, all classes, so many cultures and vastly different terrains. We see the endless desert- scape, we see Cairo, the United States, China, Tibet, indigenous peoples of South America, the architecture of Rome, the worshippers of Mecca. We see various trades, the wounded, the dead, families, contrasting political and social agendas. We are left with a feeling of bittersweet grandiosity, the way that Buddhism leaves its adherents. Pain exists, we may never get rid of it. Maybe violence cannot solve violence. Maybe the path of progress is a lot slower than most of us think, maybe the only solution is to take on this weighty all-encompassing compassion that this movie offers up, and pray that it spreads by example and because it is the most virtuous and inevitable way. That's the magic of this movie, that it does not look down on anyone, it seeks to document everyone as they would be documented, and yet there is editorializing, however subtle it is: that we all have the nobility of consciousness, and we are all each as consequential as a fleck of sand upon the Sahara.

WilyBasilisk The universe is full of things that are bot infinitely varied yet profoundly the same. From every galaxy, to every grain of sand, to every life there is, has been, and will be; each one is simultaneously somewhat uniform yet entirely unique. The complex web of factors behind the diversity appears almost chaotic, but scratch beneath the surface and patterns, formula, laws can always be found if you go deep enough.And that's what I took away from Samsara. It's an exquisitely shot and deeply moving piece of work In 102 minutes Fricke and Magidson do a heck of a job in presenting as systemic a picture of the diversity and complexity of our societies and the Earth system processes they find themselves within whilst also hinting at the commonalities to be found everywhere also.It seems as if the media are being especially bleak at the moment. And being so incredibly moved by a film that couldn't be any more non-fiction provided a strong beam of optimistic light in the encroaching darkness. The level of connection to this planet and the people on it which Samsara can stimulate is truly something.After watching it, I returned to a YouTube comment that stood out for me. It said: "the feeling of awe is almost the ultimate antidote against existential despair. It's beautiful how they captured these everyday wonders that we are culturally conditioned to ignore". In a world showing worrying signs of tipping points, collapses and risks of futures that are incompatible with a civilised global community, Samsara is a reminder that it's the diversity of our cultures, our loves, our very existences that may ultimately unite us. If only we'd let it. Watch this film.