Baraka
by Ron Fricke
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Director: Ron FrickeCinematographer: Ron Fricke
Editor: Ron Fricke
Editor: David Aubrey
Editor: Mark Magidson
Producer: Mark Magidson
Producer: Alton Walpole
Writer: Constantine Nicholas
Writer: Genevieve Nicholas
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 2.20:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-01-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Movie Reviews of Baraka
Movie Review: Baraka BluRay - Yes, Please!
Summary: 5 Stars
There are already plenty of detailed reviews here about the film itself---I've been a huge fan since seeing the theatrical release, and consider it probably my all-time favorite film ever.
However, I'd been holding out on buying a BluRay player. That is, until I saw that the BluRay version of Baraka was available; that was enough to get me to buy a player and the disc (making it the third copy I've owned, from VHS, to DVD, to BluRay.)
The quality of the BluRay version is simply astonishing. How much of that has to do with BluRay's technology, and how much is the 8K scan used to transfer from the original film, I'm not sure. (The documentary of the BluRay transfer & restoration process is fascinating and impressive. I would agree with the comment expressed there, that this represents the finest transfer of film to digital, ever.) It is simply a revelation seeing the BluRay version. Picture and sound are brilliant, details crisp and visible once more, like in the theater. (Even the menu to navigate through the chapters is a wonderful improvement over the DVD version!)
I will point out here that my first BluRay disc of Baraka seemed to be a bad copy---it locked up in the player at 1:12:10. I could play everything before that point, and from the next chapter to the end of the film, plus the bonus material... but not right at the 1hr-12min mark. I saw no obvious damage on the disc, and returned it for an exchange; the second disc worked just fine.
I highly recommend this BluRay version to every fan of Baraka, and of course, the film itself is something I think everyone should see at least twice...!
And if like me, you were seeking a reason to go out and buy a BluRay, your reason is here.
Summary of Baraka
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 MooreDocumentary DVD Video
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