History Film / Baraka

No relationship with [[Franchise/MortalKombat that Tarkatan Warrior]].

!!Contains examples of:

* HumansAreFlawed: A few places are examples of this trope.
* JapanTakesOverTheWorld: Most of the busy, urban scenes take place in Japan, as do the assembly lines for computer parts, giving an impression of this.

** At the beginning, the Japanese macaque in the hot spring suddenly lift its head up and we get a briefly glimpse of the moving starfield.

%%* OverCrank
* RewatchBonus: Viewers would notice some details they haven't notice before.
%%* SceneryPorn

* ThousandYardStare: Some scenes have someone or groups staring at the camera.

%%* UnderCrank

* NotSoDifferent: One of the points for this film is that people are pretty much the same regardless of where they are.

* AsideGlance: One of the foundry workers briefly looked at the camera.

* SilenceIsGolden: There is no dialogue at all in this movie, save the [[https://the-take.com/read/what-is-the-group-chanting-ritual-performed-early-in-baraka Balinese monkey chant]].
* SlowMotion: Some scenes play in slow motions.

* TimeLapse: With both high and low shutter speeds. Ron Fricke had 70mm cameras built specifically to do this.

** At the beginning, the baboon in the hot spring suddenly lift its head up and we get a briefly glimpse of the moving starfield.

* SilenceIsGolden: There is no dialogue at all in this movie, save the [[http://screenprism.com/insights/article/what-is-the-group-chanting-ritual-being-performed-early-in-baraka Balinese monkey chant]].

** At the beginning, the baboon in the warm lake suddenly lift its head up and we get a briefly glimpse of the moving starfield.

%%* {{Documentary}}

** At the beginning, the baboon in the warm lake suddenly lift its head up and we get a briefly glimpse at the moving starfield.

%%* RewatchBonus

%%* SlowMotion

* HumansAreFlawed: [[spoiler:A few places are examples of this trope.]]

** [[spoiler: At the beginning, the baboon in the warm lake suddenly lift its head up and we get a briefly glimpse at the moving starfield.]]
** [[spoiler: A Buddhist light offering is succeeded by an oil fire in Kuwait.]]
** [[spoiler: A flock of bird flying away, as if scared off by the chanting of the Aboriginals in the previous scene.]]
** [[spoiler: The cigarette factory, then the next scene includes a man smoking.]]
** [[spoiler: A Yazuka man with tattoos all over his body and a South American native boy with body ornaments.]]
** [[spoiler: Foundry furnaces in Poland are followed by a shot of the ovens in Auschwitz.]]

** [[spoiler: A Buddhist light offering is succeeded by an oil fire in Kuwait.]]

** [[spoiler: A flock of bird flying away, as if scared off by the chanting of the Aboriginals in the previous scene.]]
** [[spoiler: At the beginning, the baboon in the warm lake suddenly lift its head up and we get a briefly glimpses at the moving starfield.]]

%%* TheWorldIsJustAwesome

''Baraka'' is a {{Documentary}} directed and photographed by ''Film/{{Koyaanisqatsi}}'' cinematographer 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 SceneryPorn. Imagine our planet filmed as though it was [[Film/{{Avatar}} Pandora]] and you're halfway there.

** [[spoiler: A flock of bird flying away, as if scared off by the chanting of the Aboriginals.]]

* NightmareFace: The Kabuki actress after the chicken scene gives a truly horrifying one.

* TimeLapse: With both high and low shutter speeds. Ron Fricke had 70mm cameras built specifically to do this.

%%* SilenceIsGolden

* TimeCompressionMontage: With both high and low shutter speeds. Ron Fricke had 70mm cameras built specifically to do this.

%%* TimeCompressionMontage

No relationship with [[Franchise/MortalKombat that Tarkatan Warrior]]

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->''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.''

'''''Baraka''''' is a {{Documentary}} directed and photographed by ''Film/{{Koyaanisqatsi}}'' cinematographer 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 SceneryPorn. Imagine our planet filmed as though it was [[Film/{{Avatar}} Pandora]] and you're halfway there.

* HumansAreFlawed:[[spoiler: A few places are examples of this trope.]]

** [[spoiler: The cigarette factor, then the next scene includes a man smoking.]]

* TearJerker: Several sad parts of human life/history/practices are shown.
** [[spoiler:In a chicken farm baby chicks are shuttled by conveyor belt down to where they have their beaks sanded down and marked with dye before being stuffed into cages.]]
** [[spoiler:The aforementioned death camps.]]
** [[spoiler:The scenes of homeless people in various cities.]]
** [[spoiler:The stripper. She looks so young and very sad.]]
** [[spoiler:Less overt than earlier ones, but to an aviation enthusiast, the scenes where aircraft are being chopped up can be painful to watch.]]

'''''Baraka''''' is a {{Documentary}} directed and photographed by {{Koyaanisqatsi}} cinematographer 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 SceneryPorn. Imagine our planet filmed as though it was [[Film/{{Avatar}} Pandora]] and you're halfway there.

No relationship with [[MortalKombat that Tarkatan Warrior]]

* AsideGlance: [[spoiler: One of the foundry workers briefly looked at the camera.]]
* {{Documentary}}

* NoPlotNoProblem: A movie example. The movie exists just to show the world we live in.
* OverCrank
* Did we mention SceneryPorn?
* SilenceIsGolden
* SlowMotion
* {{Tearjerker}}: Several sad parts of human life/history/practices are shown.

* TimeCompressionMontage

* UnderCrank
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome

* AsideGlance: [[spoiler: One of the foundry workers looked at the camera]]

* AsideGlance: [[spoiler : One of the foundry workers looked at the camera]]

* :AsideGlance: [[spoiler : One of the foundry workers looked at the camera]]

* :AsideGlance: [[spoiler : One of the foundry workers looked at the camera.]]

* [[spoiler:AsideGlance: One of the foundry workers looked at the camera.]]

* [[spoiler:HumansAreFlawed: A few places are examples of this trope.]]

-->-- '''RogerEbert'''