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Baraka
 
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Baraka (1993)
Director: Ron Fricke Rating
4.6 out of 5 stars  (337 customer reviews)


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Product Details
  • Directors: Ron Fricke
  • Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
  • Number of discs: 1
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  • Studio: Mpi Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: September 25, 2001
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  (337 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005M91K
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,248 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
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  • For more information about "Baraka" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Editorial Reviews
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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

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