Movie Reviews for Baraka

Baraka

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Movie Reviews of Baraka

Movie Review: Flute phobia
Summary: 3 Stars

Stunning photography, a coherent and beautiful cinemagraphic work. But the "haunting" Asian, East Indian(?) music wore on me after a while, and the time lapse was overused. My wife, however would rate this 5 star.

Movie Review: bad, bad image quality
Summary: 3 Stars

Unbelievable movie, unbelievably poor encoding. It's like they recorded it off a dodgy reel... stratches, dust, desaturated colours. Ill, ill, ill, shame, shame, shame, ill.

Movie Review: baraka
Summary: 2 Stars

Baraka has been one of the biggest disappointments in all of my experiences of watching film. Mind you, the film itself is wonderful, full of brilliant colors and dazzling images. The problem has been the film quality. The first time I saw Baraka, the film itself was badly damaged. The other time I saw it in the theater, it was badly out of focus. I wouldn't be so picky about this except that the movie has no plot and is a purely aesthetic film. At any rate, I was looking forward to seeing Baraka on DVD. Sadly, what I found was the worst transfer to DVD I have ever seen. What should have been clear and smooth was blocky and choppy. It was obvious that the producers lacked the technology to transfer the film directly to DVD and had instead chosen to transfer a projected image. There are points where you can see imperfections not only on the film, but also on the screen itself. Make no mistake, Baraka is a wonderful film, full of some of the most powerful images ever assembled on film. The effect is ruined by the fact that the transfer was so shoddily done. With any luck a remastered version may someday be released .

Movie Review: What a pity!
Summary: 2 Stars

I saw it in the theatre and bought the laser disc version. It is a movie that can be watched repeatedly, usually with friends. You can imagine my great disappointment in having to return my Christmas present - the DVD version of the film - to the place of purchase because of its poor quality. It is unsharp, excessively high in contrast and low in color saturation. What is more, the image flickers in certain scenes, especially those of skyscapes, giving one the impression that they had been shot through the rotating blades of a helicopter. This must be one of the rare instances where the DVD is inferior to the laser disc.This is a great pity, for it is a film that will continue to entrall, surprise, amaze, sadden, etc for a long time to come.I will purchase it when a new remastering becomes available.