pre S A M S A R A

Tonight I'll be joining friends at Seattle's Cinerama for one of the first viewings of "Samsara" in 4k DCP.  I have seen "Baraka" at this theater before from a 70mm print.  This will be a great experience in a technical observatory sense, but what I'm most looking forward to is just getting lost in the film, getting distracted with technical analysis really destroys the experience of what these films achieve.  I have no idea of where these guys took the camera.  For me personally "Baraka" has served as a strong piece of work for me to "reset" my vision too artistically.  I would go for weeks shooting random music videos, interviews, and other non-sense while at the same time watching movies & catching television at random.  I would use "Baraka" as a tool to find default again in my heart, soul, spirit, and the eye in my dreams.  After a couple weeks in this world as someone who is putting them self behind a camera and constantly being subjected to images, I feel that you have to have a system to reset, to be able to maintain a fresh perspective.  "Baraka" for me is that perfect piece of artwork, if your going to default to something, it might as well be in 70mm, plus it's natural lighting which helps me in my everyday walking around looking at stuff and thinking "hey, I really like the corner of that building", or "this would be really great at 5am". 



This routine of using "Baraka" as a visual tool and over all inspiration became highly important to me as my trip to Uganda with Mr. Fabrizio became a reality. 

R E V E A L from James Reeves on Vimeo.

Since that time, about a year ago, I've been saving up 35mm film stock to do a project inspired by Ron Fricke & Mark Magidson with my brother, Daniel Reeves.  I have about 6,000ft. of 35mm and just shot about 400ft. of it to do a test a couple of weeks ago.  So tonight, getting to experience Ron & Mark's new film while in this stage of our Pre-Production is just perfect timing.  Tonight is a Q & A with the filmmakers and I want to ask them too many questions, but I'll probably blurt out "Hey Ron!  Can the film makers of Seattle film you & Mark dancing in the jungle?".

SAMSARA Theatrical Trailer from Baraka & Samsara on Vimeo.