Baraka [Blu-ray]

Director: Ron Fricke
Studio: MPI Home Video

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422 reviews
Sales Rank: 808

Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.3

MPN: BD1800
UPC: 030306180090
EAN: 0030306180090
ASIN: B001CDLATE

Theatrical Release Date: 1993
Release Date: October 28, 2008
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Shot in breathtaking 70mm in 24 countries on six continents, BARAKA is a transcendent global tour that explores the sights and sounds of the human condition like nothing you ve ever seen or felt before. These are the wonders of a world without words, viewed through man and nature s own prisms of symmetry, savagery, harmony and chaos. Format: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: MISCELLANEOUS Rating:&nb

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Studio: Mpi Home Video Release Date: 10/28/2008 Run time: 125 minutes Rating: Nr

Amazon.com
The word Baraka means "blessing" in several languages; watching this film, the viewer is blessed with a dazzling barrage of images that transcend language. Filmed in 24 countries and set to an ever-changing global soundtrack, the movie draws some surprising connections between various peoples and the spaces they inhabit, whether that space is a lonely mountaintop or a crowded cigarette factory. Some of these attempts at connection are more successful than others: for instance, an early sequence segues between the daily devotions of Tibetan monks, Orthodox Jews, and whirling dervishes, finding more similarity among these rituals than one might expect. And there are other amazing moments, as when sped-up footage of a busy Hong Kong intersection reveals a beautiful symmetry to urban life that could only be appreciated from the perspective of film. The lack of context is occasionally frustrating--not knowing where a section was filmed, or the meaning of the ritual taking place--and some of the transitions are puzzling. However, the DVD includes a short behind-the-scenes featurette in which cinematographer Ron Fricke (Koyaanisqatsi) explains that the effect was intentional: "It's not where you are that's important, it's what's there." And what's here, in Baraka, is a whole world summed up in 104 minutes. --Larisa Lomacky Moore

Customer Reviews:

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Beautiful November 11, 2009
S. Letarte
Recommended by CNET as one of the top choices for blu-ray. It doesn't disappoint. Filmed in the highest resolution available. It's more like a visual meditation than a coherent film. It takes you on a sort of spiritual earthly journey without any dialogue.

5 out of 5 stars

Simply AMAZING November 8, 2009
Eric Kitchen (far from America)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This Blu-ray version is simply outstanding, incredible, breathtaking and mesmerizing. I rarely recommend people buy a film but this one is truly worth every penny. If it were $50 or more I'd buy it. You can find many stories if you like in this film or none at all. I know it sounds shallow to simply watch it for the eye/ear candy but you can do that and walk away very satisfied. The cinematography, the editing, the music, the scenery, the flow is all beyond words. This is the way this film was meant to be. I bought the first DVD version years ago and it was a sheer piece of junk. I hesitated before purchasing this because some people had praised the first DVD and it was awful. This is the way the film was meant to be shown. The care and the quality that went into the scanning can be seen from the very first frame. So many older documentaries have been converted to Blu-ray and look horrible once you've seen the BBC's Planet Earth (many older films were not even properly cleaned so you see many artifacts like cracks, dust etc). Not in this version (ok, if you look very closely I think I found a few small dust artifacts in a couple of frames but barely noticeable).

Look, stop reading. Buy it and forget about it no matter the cost. This is the film I always imagined it should be. It is truly amazing that this film was shot in 1992. It looks like a modern BBC Hi-def production. Actually it's of an even better quality. You can tell that the people who did the re-mastering spent a great deal of time and effort to make this a reality. If I could give it 6 stars, this film would get it.

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing True Full HD content October 30, 2009
Aziz Qambar (Bahrain)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I bought this few weeks ago to play it on my Sony PS3 Blu-ray system. The picture quality is amazing. Anyone who wants to have a true HD content with documentary of human and colorful places around earth. This is a must to have.

Please note that this video is commentary free, which means through out the film you will only be watching the Video and hearing only the relaxing music on the background.

A must have for all people in love with true HD films.

4 out of 5 stars

Baraka Blu-ray DVD review October 19, 2009
KYDERBY
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Incredible picture quality, best I've ever seen on a Blu-ray DVD. Had some female nudity with what I assume were African natives that did not offend but could have done without the nudity.

5 out of 5 stars

Visual Poetry! October 1, 2009
Kalibr (Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Baraka is a breathtaking global tour through 24 countries. This un-narrated film has no main story or plot. Instead, it uses dramatic cinematography to present a series of themes centered around the spirituality of man and nature. The movie is a montage of beautifully photographed scenes, played to a stirring soundtrack of ambient environmental sounds. I can only describe Baraka as visual poetry!

The 8k high-def scan from the original 70mm film is absolutely incredible, well worth the time-consuming process. If you own a high-end 1080p display, this blu-ray DVD is an absolute must-have.

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