Baraka



"If man sends another Voyager to the distant stars and it can carry only one film on board, that film might be "Baraka." It uses no language, so needs no translation. It speaks in magnificent images, natural sounds, and music both composed and discovered. It regards our planet and the life upon it. It stands outside of historical time. To another race, it would communicate: This is what you would see if you came here."

- Roger Ebert

Baraka is a Documentary directed by Ron Fricke and released in 1992. Its topic is, quite simply, planet Earth itself, and the sentient species that calls it home. The entire movie is nothing but Scenery Porn. Imagine our planet filmed as though it was Pandora and you're halfway there.

Filming was done in 152 locations in 24 different countries around the world. In order to get the full effect, it was shot in the special Todd-AO 70 mm format, the only film since 1971 to have used such a format, and in 2008 became the first-ever film scanned with 8K resolution.

A sequel, also directed by Ron Fricke and titled Samsara, was released in 2011.

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Contains examples of:

 * Documentary
 * Match Cut: There's a few of them, which adds to the "connected-ness" theme of the film:
 * No Plot, No Problem: A movie example. The movie exists just to show the world we live in.
 * Overcrank
 * Did we mention Scenery Porn?
 * Silence Is Golden
 * Slow Motion
 * Tear Jerker: Several sad parts of human life/history/practices are shown.
 * Time Compression Montage
 * Total Eclipse of the Plot: Done over the opening title.
 * Under Crank
 * The World Is Just Awesome
 * Silence Is Golden
 * Slow Motion
 * Tear Jerker: Several sad parts of human life/history/practices are shown.
 * Time Compression Montage
 * Total Eclipse of the Plot: Done over the opening title.
 * Under Crank
 * The World Is Just Awesome
 * Time Compression Montage
 * Total Eclipse of the Plot: Done over the opening title.
 * Under Crank
 * The World Is Just Awesome