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Summary: Magical, Mystical, and Breathtaking
Review: This is THE film that will put you in touch with your spiritual side faster than any other audio-visual experience. If you are the type of person who actually understood the power of silence, the breathtaking panoramas, and the sonic tapestries shown in the film "Chronos" or even "2001: A Space Odyssey", you will love this gorgeous film. You will end up playing this over and over. When I feel everyday life is pressuring me, or I am caught up in my own little world of stress, I play this disc and at the end, my perspective has changed and I no longer feel my worries are important.. This is heaven, my friends.
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Summary: Aesthetically pleasing and diverse
Review: Although essentializing in its understanding of nature, its anthropomorphism (perhaps anthropocentric at times) and in its assumption that nature can be somehow unmediated, Baraka provides a global view that can be very important in the context of the somewhat myopic view of the West. Even with these epistemological and metaphysical (ontological and cosmological) concerns, it is a movie worth owning and enjoying. Those who wish to romanticize, will do so, but it is also possible to view this movie through a deconstructive lens and enjoy it that much more
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Summary: It opens doors to understanding
Review: With the anti-environment president in office and the Kyoto treaty being thrown out by the administration, one can only look upon films like this to get inspiration for change. We need more films of this calibur to show others that our world is diverse and should be untouched by the hand of political and corporate greed.
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Summary: the blessing
Review: an enlighted meditative piece of art. it takes you away from everything and leaves your mind with bliss and beauty.
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Summary: ears, eyes, mind... together enjoying
Review: Do you like great landscapes and people pics? You don't need listen it, only see it.
Do you like relaxation music? You don't need see, only ear it.
Do you want a great experience? Do you want to see the wide world and the human life around the world? Do you want to see the past, the present... perhaps the futur? Sit down, see and listen it: you will receive a complete, beautiful but hard message.
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Summary: everyone should see this timeless classic
Review: Baraka is one of the finest, most uplifting films i have seen. trekking the world gives a fresh insight on how we all fit into the big picture.
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Summary: Don't buy this DVD! Buy the normal version of Baraka!
Review: I love this film but this Collector's Edition gives nothing extra.
Check the previous edition!!! That has letterbox (4:3) and widescreen (16:9) version, this new has only widescreen. No better sound, no better picture quality, no new feauture.
I've got both edition, but I'll sell the Collector's Edition.
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Summary: a sensual delight
Review: This visually exquisite film is a meditation with music but no words. I viewed it with a group of 40 people who were speechless after it ended. Many wanted to know how to purchase it--it beckons to the thinking viewer to be watched again.
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Summary: Awesome movie! even better in surround sound
Review: I had originally saw this at a friends house, i liked it so much that i bought it when the new edition came to dvd. i watched it on a ps2 and thought it sounded good. today i hooked it up to surround sound and it blew me away!
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Summary: This is what film does best
Review: We picked up the original DVD of Baraka a few months ago, and were knocked out by the film. Upon hearing of the new release, I ordered it to see how much better the transfer is from the original (and this version cost less, too--go figure). We ran each DVD through two different players on two different TVs. Honestly, there isn't an appreciable difference in picture quality. In fact, we had to boost the color when playing the new release---otherwise, colors were a little washed out. The image clarity on each print looked to be the same, although I'd love to see a 70mm print in a big theater. As far as the score goes, it did sound as if the remaster had a bit more presence, although that should not discredit the fidelity of the original.In any case, Baraka is a captivating work of art that takes the medium to creative levels that dramatic film, or even documentary film, cannot. Every time I watch it, I stare at the screen with childlike fascination at the images. It takes me out of my petty little world and shows me the bigger picture, and that is why I love this film. It's too bad that Koyannisqatsi is wrapped up on so much red tape, I'd like to see that on DVD at a reasonable price, too.
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