To me, this movie is perfection.

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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.

Samsara would dazzle you--if you have not seen Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi made some 35 years ago--where Fricke was the cinematographer and Reggio, a monk-turned-filmmaker, was the director. Reggio was an intellectual--Fricke is a mere craftsman. Fricke's images are eye candy without anything new to offer beyond Koyaanisqatsi.Fricke's shots of Mecca were outstanding in Samsara. He blatantly copies shots of Arizona that Koyaanisqatsi had done earlier. Skyscraper shots, indigenous folks were part of the Reggio equation that Fricke re-uses without the philosophy behind Reggio's choices.Further, Fricke's choice of music lacks the class of the Reggio-Philip Glass collaboration. Give me Koyaanisqatsi any day--it is one of my top 100 films ever made, with the same Fricke behind the camera but philosophic Reggio deciding what to do at each stage of filmmaking..

This is simply incredible film making and a testament to the medium itself. Without any dialogue or apparent story and simply through visual cues and incredible editing one of the most important pieces of work since the since 2000 has been created. The film itself is a tribute to earth itself and the environment that we surround ourselves in, as well as an homage to the our culture, diversity and our triumphs. It is also though a searing indictment of consumerism, greed, the superficial nature of society and violence that is prevalent in our world. It is truly incredible cinema that won't lave me anytime soon. Thank you for making this incredible piece of work.

Brilliant, but difficult to explain why. No plot, no acting (well, except for one scene, but I'll come to that). So, it's a documentary then? Yes, sort of, but there is no narration, nor captions, nor even tags to let you know what or where in the world you are looking at.In essence, it's a visual documentary on the modern world. Initially it just seems like National Geographic without any commentary: beautiful scenes of temples, nature and places you might want to go as a tourist. However, 100 minutes of random places and things could be boring after a while. Just when you start to think that might well be the case, themes start to emerge: nature, buildings, opulence vs poverty, guns/military, livestock. Pretty much everyday things, and how they are connected.It is basically a 100-minute stream-of-consciousness exercise, using amazing, totally natural visual imagery (ie no CGI). Enjoy it for where it takes your mind, or just for the images and the drama of everyday life.Only negative note is the one scene that isn't candid: a performance artist. Very pretentious and pointless and prevents this movie from being perfect.