Rio Hayward
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Brennan Camacho
Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
Beulah Bram
A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.
is24
Simply mesmerizing images and music. The closest to floating in a dream.Ashes and Snow is like the moment Universe came into being. As if attempting to fathom the cosmos. It is my go to movie for meditation on being. Inspires the life within and ultimate freedom. For any human that needs to be reminded of how precious the moments we have on earth are, this is a must see. The way of coexisting portrayed, encourages the forward motion.Be it in work or life, I see this as a hymn to uncomplicated. At least the way I like to see life unfolding on this planet.
fiddlefaddle-1
I had never heard about Ashes and Snow until the show made it's way to Santa Monica in 2006. However, what a magnificent time I had on my first visit to the Nomadic Museum. The most awe-inspiring part was watching Mr. Colbert's film: Ashes and Snow: How beautiful! The music is spiritual and organic and Laurence Fishburne is perfectly cast as the films narrator; his voice is calm, steady and emphatic. Upon returning home, I purchased the film and have watched it again and again. This film is truly a masterpiece, like I have never seen before or since. I commend Gregory Colbert—and avant-garde filmmakers like him—who have the audacity to think outside the box.
lawnfurniture
Ashes and Snow is unbelievable. Gregory Colbert has inspired me to try and express myself and expand my horizons to try and find the worlds he explored while filming this movie. To this day I am shocked that Gregory Colbert was able to document such gorgeous places. Who knew our galaxy even possessed such paradises of beauty. They're untouched, unaffected by colonialists' damage, and appear to only be occupied by these cultures of cohabiting animals and people. It is a true paradise. Gregory Colbert offers us an opportunity to travel, if only for an hour, without leaving the comforts of a our home to these wonderful places and experience such beautiful both underwater and dessert worlds. If you dream of adventure and beauty in the worlds outside our civilized worlds, look no further.
maryatvan
Ashes and Snow is a love letter to his beloved written on a film that unfolds a legacy of beauty in timeless moments. The photography and underwater filming demonstrates the excellence of the arts and craft at work and artist is both Nature and co-existent man. The poetic wall of sound and song blending in the pictorial landscape slows time making it stand still as the motion becomes e-motion. Gregory Colbert has created a work of art in the truest sense of the word. There is an earnestness in the quiet voice reaching out to stop the clock to somehow hold time as he presents the gift of his soul's eye. He asks her to burn the letters upon the snow and read the song upon his heart. Oh that each of us/those viewing would have an abiding love to create such a masterpiece.
