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This is the first substantive, career interview with Ron Fricke, whose “world films” offer spectacular panoramas of modern place and life. After shooting Koyaanisqatsi (1984) with Godfrey Reggio, Fricke directed and filmed his own films, beginning with the Imax-format film Chronos, which was a popular offering in several museums of natural history. Chronos was followed by the first two parts of Fricke’s world-film trilogy: Baraka (1992) and Samsara (2011). In order to make his films, Fricke has pioneered new technologies that have made time-lapse, 70mm and Imax-format shooting more flexible. Fricke’s films evoke and often document global spiritual practices. His own practice seems much influenced by a Buddhist sensibility that has become increasingly evident in every film he has made.