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Summary: The message of this movie is not "opaque"!!!
Review: Watching this movie resembles meditating, with the filmmaker supplying the images of a mystical vision welling up from the entire audience's subconscious. I agree with the reviewer who said the views of more "primitive" societies were perhaps unrealistically positive in contrast with the perhaps overly negative portrayal of industrialized societies, but I have never seen a movie which so authentically focussed on the intelligence of native societies. Do we really need a movie to tell us that there are some good things about our society, and some bad things about less modern ones? Doesn't everyone already know that??? I think this film strives to shake us out of our daily reality where we already make those assumptions subconsciously.I think the filmmaker is challenging the audience to try to reconcile industrialism with environmentalism--he wants us to start creating a new way of thinking, and it's absolutely brilliant that he doesn't need a single word to make that argument. I appreciate the filmmaker's faith in the audience to see correctly and feel deeply if given the chance.
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Summary: I *NEED* this on DVD!
Review: Excellent - everybody should watch/own it. I'm still waiting for it to be released on DVD as the scenery and shots need to be appreciated on higher resolution than VHS. If you get the chance to see it on film, do it!
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Summary: Beautiful film about the sacred and the profane
Review: The photography is fabulous. The imagery is moving and unforgettable. A great film.
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Summary: This should be on DVD by now ....
Review: I'll add my voice to the others who have been begging to see this offered in DVD format. I first saw it on the big screen in, of all places, Paris France, January 1994. I had no idea what it was, but the theatre was packed, not an empty seat to be found. And the audience was completely silent throughout. I left stunned and deeply moved by this panorama of the human spiritual experience.
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Summary: Incredible, mind-blowing beauty!!
Review: From the opening scenes of the snow monkeys' "dreaming" of the infinite to final scenes of the viewers' ascent to the infinite, Baraka startles our consciousness into real, unabashed self-contemplation, where the beauty and the evils of our global societies are played out in stunning brilliance. This one film could, very likely, be the most beautiful, the most poignant piece of art I have ever beheld. I have recommended, and I shall continue to recommend this film to all those curious and interested in the relationships we humans have with each other, the Earth and the "beyond."
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Summary: Please release on DVD
Review: Then it would be perfect...
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Summary: A beautiful, moving experience
Review: I liked this one SO much that I bought it, without even owning a TV (much less a VCR). I bought it so I could share it with others--it disappeared on the second loan, never to resurface. It is very hard to find in video stores, so I'm ordering it again. Sit back and watch it with no distractions.
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Summary: Quality film with deeper meanings....
Review: The first time I watched this 'movie' I didn't get through film. I was overloaded with the scope of the film. Every minute shifts to another marvel of our world and our own creations. I continually thought,"How could anyone create something like this?" My only wish is for this film to be available on DVD format...
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Summary: A "must-see" for every film editor.
Review: This is a timeless documentary that celebrates nature and the environment. Wish it could be found on DVD.
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Summary: Baraka: soul food.
Review: Baraka isn't just an other movie or clip. It's an extraordinary visual work who has the ability of open your soul and fill it with lots of great images and sounds.
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