Baraka

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Summary: wow!
Review: i was so blown away by this that after only five minutes of viewing i fiendishly paused it so i could get online and immeadiatly order it for my ever so limited home-video collection. this far surpasses all of my previous favorite films (including: city of lost children, fight club, american beauty, fantenima, fist of legend, my neighbor totoro, and a few more). this movie is an earth shattering application of the true potential of film. it is an audio visual collage of overlooked beauty.

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Summary: Get ready to think.....
Review: This really is a great movie. There are a few like it but it rates right up there with Koyaanisquatsi. The LD picture seemd better than the DVD though. Not sure how that happened but I definitely recommend this to everyone.

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Summary: The Watchers
Review: I bought the VHS version of this film first, but I have an old VCR and seeing the quality of the film, I had to buy the DVD, it was amazing.

The film is totally based on live shots, taken at appropriate times. The camera work is excellent, which is just rightly complimented by the amazing music in this film. It is a more of a journey, than just a two hour watch.

The deep philosophy enrooted is really enlightening. As time goes by happiness turns to suffering, then the circle restores, the cruelty and the suffering now, the damage we cause, all would change. We only just watch and watch as time flows by.

Seeing this film one would be touched by the amount of damage we have caused to our planet, and to ourselves.

The beginning symbolically shows the origin of man, watching. The film shows ethnic tribes in the exotic places around the world, our cities, our ruins, our future.

A wordless film that has more meaning than the better part of the movies I have seen, and the images with stay with you for sometime, realy an experience.

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Summary: A singular audio visual masterpiece!
Review: If one spends a $Million to setup an entire hometheatre and is looking for ONE single dvd to justify the entire expense, then get this stunning audio-visual masterpiece work of art.

For those for whom once is not enough, try Phillip Glass' Anima Mundi dvd.

Just as Schopenheur, Emerson and Jung changed the face of western civilization based on the understandings of the world-wise tribes, this dvd will probably put you through the same inflection point that inspired the westerners that altered the face of philosophy and definition of civilization.

For those tired of starvation, poverty and misery in africa, asia and elsewhere, this dvd is positively uplifting in its elucidation of what those in advanced nations such as USA should do to protect the wisdom of the ancients and learn for ourselves.

Brilliant work! And I shall wait for an IMAX version of Baraka-II

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Summary: Baraka
Review: A concept simalar to the 80's film "Koyaanisqatsi", Ron Fricke's film without words is very rich in visual setpeices. There is no story in a cinamatic sense i.e a narrative or any actors. However the photography is first rate on the 70mm film and for lovers of the moving image this will not disappoint. Watch out for the cigarette makers,the baby chicks and the slow camera shots of people in New York crossing an busy intersection these imagss are particulary striking. The DVD quality is good,however the featurette is very short and not very informative. Overall a good exercise in providing a good visual cinematic treat.

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Summary: The Best Film I've Ever Seen!
Review: A feature about Baraka on IMDB led me here to Amazon - I'm seriously contemplating buying a DVD player solely to see Baraka again. I've seen it only once (in a theatre) and ever since, I've been raving about this film to anyone who'll listen. But the reviewers complaining about poor image quality on the DVD are giving me the heebie-jeebies. How can the opinion of the image quality vary so greatly? I'll wait and see a few more reviews before I make my purchase...

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Summary: Great Film - Pity about lack of DVD image quality
Review: The sole reason for existance for a film such as Baraka is the stunning cinematography. Unfortunately these stunning visuals did not make it's way onto this DVD edition.

What you might have seen in stunning 70mm in the theaters is reduced to a soft, low resolution, NON ANAMORPHIC(! ) DVD with plenty of edge artifacts. It is unviewable on my calibrated 9 ft projection system.

May look okay on 27inch or smaller TV.

What a shame to do this to a film like Baraka.

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Summary: Good Picture, Great Film
Review: I all most didn't buy this film because of the reviews that said it has such a bad picture. These people need to get there eyes checked, the picture quality is better than good. You must buy this DVD, it's a great film with great images. All round good quality.

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Summary: Good DVD quality now, Buy new one.
Review: This DVD might be changed.Image quality/resolution of this DVD is superb.and it has both sides,(full screen and letter box size)

The disc is "domestic only".(regional encode 1)It's absolutely foolish idea.This great movie experience should be shared by not only by American,but also more people living on this planet !

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Summary: Mind-boggling!
Review: Baraka will make you gasp, cry, shake your head, and smile. All with no dialogue and no story. Baraka is about the planet and how we humans fit into it.

This film is almost a slap in the fact to some people who have become so wrapped up in their day to day lives that they have forgotten that they are a part of nature and that the whole world is interdependant. For others it is a celebration of the diversity of the earth. Finally it can be a wake-up call to what we are doing to our planet.

Baraka is educational, but not preachy.... entertaining, but not mindless.... and finally - beautiful but not superficial.

Watching Baraka should be a prerequisite to calling yourself a human-being.

I just can't tell you how much I love it.