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Baraka

directed by: Ron Fricke

: Baraka
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Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788601217
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0788601210
Label: Mpi Home Video
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Mpi Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 25, 2000
Running Time: 104 minutes
Sales Rank: 40096
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1993-11



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Amazon.com:
The word Baraka means 'blessing' in several languages; watching this film, the viewer is blessed with a dazzling barrage of images that transcend language. Filmed in 24 countries and set to an ever-changing global soundtrack, the movie draws some surprising connections between various peoples and the spaces they inhabit, whether that space is a lonely mountaintop or a crowded cigarette factory. Some of these attempts at connection are more successful than others: for instance, an early sequence segues between the daily devotions of Tibetan monks, Orthodox Jews, and whirling dervishes, finding more similarity among these rituals than one might expect. And there are other amazing moments, as when sped-up footage of a busy Hong Kong intersection reveals a beautiful symmetry to urban life that could only be appreciated from the perspective of film. The lack of context is occasionally frustrating--not knowing where a section was filmed, or the meaning of the ritual taking place--and some of the transitions are puzzling. However, the DVD includes a short behind-the-scenes featurette in which cinematographer Ron Fricke (Koyaanisqatsi) explains that the effect was intentional: 'It's not where you are that's important, it's what's there.' And what's here, in Baraka, is a whole world summed up in 104 minutes. --Larisa Lomacky Moore



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Locks Up Sony 350 w/v.10 firmware
What I saw of it was wonderful, but locks up and would barely load.

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Everyone should see this.
This film captures little pieces of the world we live in. It's full of surprises. We all suffer, some ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - boring and unimpressive looking
i bought this movie thinking that it would look far better than all blu ray movies after reading reviews ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Wow! What a Great Blu-ray Introduction!
"Baraka" was the first disk I put in my new Samsung Blu-ray player. I didn't know what to expect, but I ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Visually stunning journey-provokes without words
PQ 5/5, Sound 4/5. The film was watched on a 42" Panasonic Plasma, and BD30K Blu-Ray player.

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