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Transplantation of many forms from one intact society to another results in modest but discernible transmutation.
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2011
Tracing the fate of cast-off celluloid and equipment, Samay enters a surreal zone of industrial demolition and transmutation — a striking wordless sequence that, like the film as a whole, conveys disappointment and struggle with a deft touch.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2022
It’s when those words are set to music and dramatized by a singer of skill and sympathy that the magical transmutation occurs.
—Jody Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
Fire is this volatile thing that is hard to control, that is hypnotic, that is beautiful, that is both an agent of terror and an agent of transmutation.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2022
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2011
Tracing the fate of cast-off celluloid and equipment, Samay enters a surreal zone of industrial demolition and transmutation — a striking wordless sequence that, like the film as a whole, conveys disappointment and struggle with a deft touch.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2022
It’s when those words are set to music and dramatized by a singer of skill and sympathy that the magical transmutation occurs.
—Jody Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
Fire is this volatile thing that is hard to control, that is hypnotic, that is beautiful, that is both an agent of terror and an agent of transmutation.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2022
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