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: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.20:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-09-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Movie Reviews of Baraka
Movie Review: Fascinating film
Summary: 5 Stars
I had seen this film while in school in standard definition and was very impressed. The transfer to BluRay is definitely an improvement and most definitely worth purchasing.
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 MooreDrama DVD Video
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