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Baraka [1993]
directed by: Ron Fricke

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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 5025258003752
Format: Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Label: Second Sight Films Ltd.
Manufacturer: Second Sight Films Ltd.
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Second Sight Films Ltd.
Release Date: September 17, 2001
Running Time: 92 minutes
Studio: Second Sight Films Ltd.
Theatrical Release Date: 1993-11
Sales Rank: 9334

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Amazon.co.uk Review:
Ron Fricke, the cinematographer on the trippy Koyaanisqatsi, made this similarly impressionistic, dialogue-free photo exhibition come to life. Shot in 24 countries and at all sorts of locations (ancient temples, Auschwitz, a chicken-processing plant), the film attempts to make a subconscious or poetic point about the relationship between living creatures (particularly humans) and their environments. It's a breathtaking Herculean effort, but it is also opaque in meaning and probably best appreciated by viewers already in an incoherent state. Worse, the film loses much of its intended magic on video. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Jumble Of Images
You will either love this film or hate it. Although often compared to Koyaanisqatsi, there is a difference: that other film has a theme, that of the inorganic and organic world subject to human depredation and ever-increasing pressure. I liked THAT film very much. THIS film has no real theme. The word "baraka", often translated as "blessing", can also mean "spiritual structure", "spiritual force/strength" etc. It has been applied to both Gandhi and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. The film appears to be trying to show the world in 90 minutes, an impossibility which has led to this self-regarding mish-mash of scarcely-connected images.

The images in the film include mountains, volcanoes, clouds, temples, Far Eastern factories etc. There ... Read More:

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- If you liked that try this . . .
. . . said the shop assistant to me when I bought Koyaanisqatsi.
I had never heard of the film but was so pleased that I took his recommendation. This is visually stunning and musically fulfilling.
The good news is that a sequel- "Samsara"- is supposed to be out in 2008

Rating:

- Baraka (1992)
The cinematography in this film is amazing. The world that is captured in the beginning shows calm and inner peace and beauty of wild life and nature .As the film progresses we how mankind has over populated and polluted the planet.

Devastating images of trees being cut down and car wrecks, bombs, war memorials show what we have done to this natural habitat.

I love this film, the sound track is amazing. The shots are fast moving and easy to watch. It is very captivating.

For all lovers of experimental film, this is a must see.

Rating:

- A spectacular cinematographic feast
This is a very powerful film, which is a visual feast. It portrays without any words both the creative principle as well as the destructive principle of the human spirit. A voyage that in pictures and accompanying music shows a multitudes of cultures, landscapes, religious practices and beliefs that has a profound impact on the viewer. It is both celebratory and sobering at the same time.

Highly recommended and especially on a big screen if possible to get the most from the stunning visuals!

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- This Second Sight release is a disappointment
I had wanted this film for a number of years, after seeing it on TV and being blown away by it. The trouble was, after so many years I couldn't remember it's title, so couldn't search for it. Imagine my excitement one day, recently, when the name of the film just popped into my head. I searched immediately here for it and was overjoyed to find it available on DVD.

I almost salivated with anticipation, imagining how glorious it would look, this crisp, immaculate Digital version. Many DVD's nowadays are so very cheap, but for this film I didn't mind paying the more expensive price. I knew, just knew it was going to be worth it.

So, in the post it arrived, and like many of us who buy a new, much wanted DVD, I opened ... Read More:

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