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Summary: a true reality check....an eye opener...for better or worse
Review: a great film, without a single word its message is hyper clear. It grabs your attention and shows us as planet where we come from and where we are going. A celebration of colour mixed with the ultimate sadness of our current direction....a reality check,a must have for those who can appreciate tragedy on a global scale
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Summary: This is the one everybody should see.....
Review: The one film that I can watch over and over and over and feel inspired in whatever I happen to be doing with my life at the time.An extremely enjoyable experince and fantastic soundtract, with the wake call we all need now and then.
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Summary: awesome
Review: Beautiful and terrible images of humanity in and out of harmony (respectively) with nature. Great soundtrack. Must see. So There. END
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Summary: Candy for the eye
Review: Full of wondeful cinematography, I'm inspired artisically every time I watch it. Some people might find it a little boring because it doesn't have a plot, but is rather a visual collage of scenes from around the world, with an international/new age type soundtrack. When this movie is released on DVD - then I will make that leap... END
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Summary: Terrific!!
Review: This is a truly amazing film. I've watched it over and over always seeing something new each time. I highly recommend it. END
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Summary: A Cultural Enlightening
Review: I can gaurantee this is unlike any film you've ever seen before. Baraka is not a movie with a plot or words, but it is one massive work of art, a composition with the scenery as the main "characters". This movie will open your eyes to the fact that there is a whole world of different cultures, religions, and rituals out there. It will give you chills, make you smile, make you gasp, and make you appriciate diversity. Baraka is not a film for everyone. If you are ethnocentric, you might not see the point. If you have a passion to learn and become enlightened, you will love it.
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Summary: The World where we live. A great experience.
Review: It's a risk to review a video like this. You either become clichéd or sound truly naive. It doesn't matter. It's really refreshing to feel that, even though any viewer may have traveled to or watched images of some of these places, this astonishing film makes you feel that you belong to this world and, still, you don't know much about it. Secuences like those from Nepal, Bali or China will certainly encourage your need for traveling and knowing other cultures and sights. On the other hand, the video quality is superb,70 mm. looks very similar to IMAX and the music posseses your soul for 104 minutes and takes you "there" as you visit some of the most puzzling and beautiful places on earth. If you want to enhance your DVD collection, Buy This!
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Summary: Breathtaking MASTERPIECE
Review: This is one of the most creative films I've seen. Ron Fricke travels to I think a little over 27 countries and sets his magnificent finds to a soundtrack that will blow your mind. This was I believe ten years in the making and the end result will have you so paralyzed. I have shown this film to many many people and they ALL were entranced and had to go out to get their own copy. DEFINITE BUY.
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Summary: A great film, but DVD quality still not quite there
Review: I first saw Baraka in a theater shortly after its release and I have been mesmerized by this film ever since. Until recently, I had been watching the original DVD release on a small television for years. I have now made the jump to a Sony 57-inch widescreen. After attempting to watch the original version on my new big screen, I simply could not put off purchasing the Collector's Edition any longer.
Let's make this clear up front, the Collector's Edition does bring some very much needed improvement. Watching this film on my big screen is now a very enjoyable and worthwhile experience, despite the image quality still coming up a bit short. Perhaps I've been spoiled by the razor-sharp picture that comes with today's big DVD releases like Lord of the Rings. I think it would be fair to say that I'm just being nitpicky. Nevertheless, a film like Baraka yearns to have a restoration and transfer that's on par with the Star Wars Trilogy DVD's.
For those who have seen this film and enjoyed it as much or more than I have, then this DVD is a very worthwhile purchase. Those who have not seen it need to rent it first. Baraka needs to be taken for what it is, a collection of images ranging from beautiful and startling to chaotic and disturbing. Some have chosen to decry Ron Fricke's acheivement. I have even seen it called a racist film, which leaves me dumbfounded. The message that continues to repeat for me each time I see it is the plight of mankind and how our greed, hatred, overconsumption and neglect is shaping our world.
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Summary: Great For A Slow Day
Review: There is no dialogue, other than incidental. You will not be disappointed if you approach this movie as if it were your favorite album (CD) and you are going to sit down and listen to (watch) the whole thing. It has some slow spots (depending on personal interests) but the imagery is awesome. There are lots of Time-lapse segments that are nothing short of inspiring. It can put things into perspective, from the sped up city scenes set to a hypnotizing musical set with people running around shuttling through a city maze, to chicks being shuttled through a hatchery, while their destiny lingers. I can certainly look to this movie again when I am in need of a change of mind.
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