Like a love child of Terrence Malick and The Discovery Channel, BARAKA is a meditative look at some of the people, places, and cultures from around our unique world.

It also happens to boast some of the most spectacular, awe-inspiring picture quality to ever grace the blu-ray format.

What the fuck is this bullshit? Biggest example of style over substance. Was my dialogue audio channel broken? Cuz this shit had no story, yo. I thought it was the retrospective of the world from some monkey.

This is not a film that you can review traditionally. It is simply an experience. It's effectiveness as an experience hinges on it's ability to envelop you in it's sound and imagery much like a leaf carried away by the river. Baraka sweeps you through twists, turns, and peaceful calms, like it is the Amazon itself. It shows you sights you never thought you would see, sounds you never thought you would hear, and worlds within worlds you didn't know existed. It's greatest feat however, it shows you a new way to look at yourself the next time you gaze in the mirror.

Extraordinary in a lot of ways; a film with images and impressions of places and cultures that I will not soon forget, but that as an overall piece, I soon will.

well fuck ron if you hate society so much why dont you go marry a tree

A more spiritual Koyaanisqatsi, this should be required viewing for everyone similarly. Fricke soup for the soul.

Serasa berkeliling dunia secara berkelas menonton dokumenter ini, Baraka merupakan film dokumenter non-narative yang menyajikan keindahan di berbagai belahan dunia. Sinematografi yang indah seolah-olah berada disana, sliding yang halus dan timelapse yang mengagumkan serta scoring yang luar biasa menambah kekuatan pada film ini. 

Scene-scene diawal mengantarkan kita ke perjalanan spiritual di berbagai negara dari nepal hingga ke bali, bukan hanya perjalanan spiritual saja film ini juga menceritakan aktivitas manusia, bencana alam maupun manusia dan perkembangan teknologi. Ada juga perjalanan melihat suku masaai di kenya dan suku kayapo di brazil. Dan scene terakhir ditutup dengan kemegahan bangunan-bangunan kuno. 

Mungkin alasan si ron fricke menjadikan film ini non-narative karena keindahan di bumi ini gabisa diungkap oleh kata-kata. Aing kaget dengan scene aktivitas manusia dipabrik rokok gudang garam di kediri sebenernya biasa aja tapi kelihatan keren aja gitu and one of my favorite scene disitu adalah tarian kecak di pura tampak siring that’s amaze me.

This runs a nonstop loop projected on the ceiling of David Attenborough's orgy parlour.

trippy.

Baraka the Rappa

Beautiful.

A movie that is simultaneously about and too good for our world.