Baraka / a Mark Magidson Production ; a Ron Fricke film ; produced by Mark Magidson ; original treatment written by Genevieve Nicholas, Constantine Nicholas, Ron Fricke ; concept and scenario by Ron Fricke, Mark Magidson, Bob Green ; restoration producer, Christopher M. Reyna ; directed & photographed by Ron Fricke.
2 videodiscs (181 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD ; Region 1; NTSC; 5.1 Dolby Digital ; 5.1 DTS 96/24 ; 16:9 letterbox ; 8K ultradigital HD.
Credits
Edited by Ron Fricke, Mark Magidson, David E. Aubrey ; music direction and original music by Michael Stearns.
Note
Original film released in 1992.
Summary
"[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, chaos and harmony." - Container.
Note
Feature title from disc menu.
Contents
Disc 1 : Nepal morning -- Meditation -- Balinese "Monkey" chant (Kecak) -- Volcanoes / Organics -- Body adornment -- Dance -- Water journey -- Destruction -- Brazil favela / Cigarette factory -- Subway riders / Monk with bel -- City and manufacturing -- Chickens -- Calcutta foragers / Homeless -- Street travelers / Buto dance -- War / Oil fires -- Steel workers / Death camps -- Tiananmen Square / Stone figures -- Varanasi sunrise -- Eclipse / Sacred journey -- Rotating starfields.
Disc 2 : Bonus features: Baraka: a closer look (Produced by Funhouse Entertainment on behalf of MPI Media Group ; Producer/director, David Gregory ; 76 min. ; 2008) ; Restoration (MPI Media Group ; Funhouse Entertainment ; 7 min. ; 2008).
Note
"First of its kind 8K scan from fully restored 70mm film." - Container.