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Buy Baraka [Blu-ray]. FULLY RESTORED - The only movie ever transferred with an 8K HD Scan
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.
BARAKA produced by Mark Magidson and directed and photographed by Ron Fricke, award-winning cinematographer of KOYAANISQATSI and creators of the IMAX® sensation CHRONOS has now been fully restored from its original camera negative via state-of-the-art 8K UltraDigital mastering to create the most visually stunning Blu-ray ever made.
INCLUDES OVER 80 MINUTES OF ALL NEW BONUS FEATURES:
Baraka: A Closer Look
Baraka: Restoration
Baraka [Blu-ray] Description
- 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
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
Baraka [Blu-ray] Review
5.1 stars
Boy oh boy, I was hoping that this blu-ray would do justice to the phenomenal depth and intensity of cinematographer/director Ron Fricke's Baraka, and rarely have I ever been less disappointed!
This film, already stunning in its wordless narrative of so many cultures and natural wonders on our incredible planet, comes to life like no other in blu-ray. As explained in one of the extras, this is the highest-quality transfer ever made to BD or dvd. Yes, you read that right. It's an 8k scan of a 70mm print, both the highest level of their respective digital and analog technologies, and this BD is in fact even crisper than the original theatrical print, having been cleaned up in parts from the print's occasional flaws. I've never seen a better picture on a home video screen.
There are few words to express how good this film looks, and few films ever made deserve this kind of perfectionist treatment. If one film can be said to more movingly cover this many views of mankind and our impact on this planet, I sure haven't seen it. Fricke takes his awe-inspring work on Koyanisqaatsi and the other Qaatsi films and moves them to the next level here. There are no simple answers or even questions, just images of Earth and its denizens, biped and so much more; funny thing is, we're the only species destroying the planet. That's made all too clear here, and the lack of words brings it home more forcefully, especially when juxtaposed with superb images of the immense peace and harmony present when mankind is not. The stunning colors and amazing depth of the images are done full justice by this frighteningly fine transfer; prepare yourself appropriately, turn out all the lights, and lose your mind in this one-of-a-kind visual experience, made even more intense by Michael Stearn's majestic score.
If you have a hi-def tv and a blu-ray player, run don't walk to get this BD disc. It will redefine what your system can do, while reminding you that it's just a screen and that the real wonders lie outside, in reality, on a planet whose dominant species is quickly eradicating many of the greatest treasures to which it was heir, as we're mutely shown. This film might even inspire you to do what you can to help preserve some of the myriad jewels to which this work of art bears witness.
Can't begin to recommend the film enough, likewise this absolutely perfect blu-ray disc, to all who love the medium of film and/or the planet Earth. You can buy
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