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| Written by: Dennis Furbush, New York | Date: 27.08.2012 |
 "Samsara"
on opening night in New York at the Sunshine cinema. Image by Dennis FurbushI’m uploading a video of the introductions now, but they don’t have any light in auditorium so every time I zoomed, it went dark! Very strange. But the film was magnificent! I got a seat in the 3rd row front (not my favorite place but all others behind me were taken). The image was incredibly sharp. It was a huge screen. This is the first digital projection I have seen as I don’t go out to the movies, just see films at Museum of Modern Art and the NY Film Festival. | More in 70mm reading: "Samsara" Cast & Credits (in progress) "Samsara" is a Triumph of the Moving Image Ron Fricke & Mark Magidson and The Making of "Samsara" Internet link: "Baraka" & "Samsara" "Samsara" on Facebook Ocsilloscope Films Furbush and Picassa Furbush's YouTube |
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from 26.08.2012 in New York TimesI asked an usher at the end if this was digital and he didn’t know! I said, “Don’t you work here?” and he said, “It’s my first day.” So another younger usher (18 yrs old, 16 yrs old?) and he said it was 4k digital. I asked what was the medium they use, like a blu-ray disc and he said no, a hard drive. Simply amazing, I had no idea. |
26.08.2012: Hot Box Office: Oscilloscope-released "Samsara" had many reasons to celebrate as well. The Ron Fricke- and Mark Magidson-directed documentary -- which is a non-verbal continuation of the 1992 film "Baraka" -- grossed $73,792 from two screens, averaging $36,896. That's the fifth best debut of the year in terms of per-theater average (after "Moonrise," "Rome," "Sleepwalk" and "Beasts of the Southern Wild") and the best overall for a documentary. Full story from indywire.com |
 "Samsara"
on opening night in New York at teh Sunshine cinema. Image by Dennis Furbush | |
 "Samsara"
on opening night in New York at teh Sunshine cinema. Image by Dennis Furbush | |
 "Samsara"
on opening night in New York at teh Sunshine cinema. Image by Dennis Furbush | |
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