Chronos (1985)
Directed by Ron Fricke
Carefully picked scenes of nature and civilization are viewed at high speed using time-lapse cinematography in an effort to demonstrate the history of various regions.
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What critics compared Chronos to
The results, as in the previous films Fricke has photographed, including "Baraka," "Chronos" and "Koyaanisqatsi," can take your breath away.
Much like his films “Chronos,” or “Koyaanisqatsi”, Fricke’s “Samsara” (the word is Sanskrit for “continuous flow,” referring to the cycle of life) is a wordless documentary that is essentially a continuous flow of arresting images, sometimes sped up with time-lapse photography.
Fricke then embarked on similar films of his own: 1985's “Chronos” and 1992's “Baraka.”
“Samsara,” from the filmmaking team behind the wordless docs “Baraka” and “Chronos,” and clearly influenced by such earlier works as “Koyannisqatsi” and “Powaqqatsi,” sends a mixed message: By eschewing dialogue, narration or any descriptive text, the film demands that a viewer supply his own interpretation of the incredible images on display.
And unlike Fricke and Magidsons previous two efforts in this vein, Chronos (1985) and Baraka (1992), viewers now have the ability to travel anywhere while sitting in bed and clicking links on YouTube.
This film, like Koyanisqaatsi and Chronos (which Ron Fricke photographed) and Baraka (which he directed), is a plot-less, wordless collection of images.