Samsara, Sanskritçede "sonsuz döngü" veya "yeniden doğuş döngüsü" anlamına gelir ve belgesel de bu temayı işler. 25 farklı ülkede 5 yıl boyunca çekilmiş etkileyici görüntülerle doğanın, insan yaşamının, modern dünyanın ve ruhani geleneklerin bir döngü içinde nasıl birbiriyle bağlantılı olduğunu gözler önüne serer. Diyalogsuz anlatım, yalnızca görüntüler ve müzikle sağlanır, bu da izleyiciye derin bir görsel ve duygusal deneyim sunar. Doğal güzelliklerden kutsal mekanlara, modern sanayiden tüketim toplumunun karmaşasına, ölümden yeniden doğuşa kadar geniş bir perspektifte insanlığın varoluşunu inceler. Özellikle fabrika işçileri, şehir yaşamı, savaş, doğa felaketleri, dini ritüeller ve farklı kültürlerden insanlar gibi temalar üzerinde durarak, medeniyetin gelişimi ve ruhaniyet arasındaki ilişkiyi sorgular.
Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs, the film reveals the essence of an extraordinary woman who rose from humble beginnings in New York City to become a glamorous international superstar and one of the greatest artists of all time.
This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist, from childhood up to the present, with an emphasis on his mental illness and how it manifested itself in demonic self-obsession.
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready to relinquish control. These conditions produced a series of box-office flops and pessimistic forecasts: maybe the best days of animation were over. Maybe the public didn't care. Only a miracle or a magic spell could produce a happy ending. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It's the true story of how Disney regained its magic with a staggering output of hits - "Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast ," "Aladdin," "The Lion King," and more - over a 10-year period.
SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of raising financing for their next feature film. Moving from director to financier to star actor, the two players provide us with a unique look behind the curtain at the world's biggest and most glamourous film festival, shining a light on the bitter-sweet relationship filmmakers have with Cannes and the film business. Featuring insights from directors Martin Scorsese, 'Bernando Bertolucci' and Roman Polanski; actors Ryan Gosling and Jessica Chastain and a host of film distribution luminaries.