Magidson spoke about the innovations in their specific filmmaking process, saying, “…the time lapse approach to it is something that has been done before, but I think we’ve also taken it to different ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A follow-up to 1992’s Baraka, the film eschews dialogue and traditional narrative techniques. Instead, it uses ...

We've set up shop in a conference room above Third Avenue in Manhattan, a Canon 5D trained on Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson. I find myself apologizing awkwardly for the setup, several times. There's a ...

Director Ron Fricke and producer Mark Magidson sought answers to these questions in their 1992 film “Baraka.” This was a poetic documentary on a grand scale; it sought to visually chart the ...

Filmmakers Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson have made a living traveling to the world’s most spectacular locations, gathering images of unsurpassed natural beauty and the human activity, both mundane and ...

“Samsara” and its movie-kin are such unique beasts that it’s a wonder they even get made at all — financials aside, the beginnings of such an endeavor are mysterious. “We started with the concept of ...