Baraka

If there is one movie that can change your life, this is the ONE. And no matter how many times I've seen it I always feel like seeing it again... A visual, sensorial, philosophical feast. The world is indeed a very very veryyyyy large place...






Baraka (1992) directed by Ron Fricke


Quoting:

>> Baraka is an ancient Arabic word, which can be translated as "a blessing, or as the breath, or essence of life from which the evolutionary process unfolds."

>> The movie was filmed at 152 locations of 24 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Nepal, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States. It contains no dialogue. Instead of a story or plot, the film uses themes to present new perspectives and evoke emotion purely through cinema. The film was the first in over twenty years to be photographed in the 70mm Todd-AO format.

>> Fricke writes about his work: "I feel that my work has evolved through Koyaanisqatsi, Chronos and Baraka. Both technically and philosophically I am ready to delve even deeper into my favorite theme: humanity's relationship to the eternal"