Baraka

Wednesday 18 June 2008

I watched Baraka for the second time last night. Well, I didn't realise it was the second time until things started occurring to me again and I realised that this was again one of those times that I had forgotten I'd seen something because I'd been stoned the first time.

Sheesh, what a bloody waste of time, huh?

Smoking dope, I mean, not the movie. The movie is just wonderful, so very poetic in the way he juxtaposed certain scenes. I just can't get the chickens out of my head :(

I also can't get it out of my head that I was bawling like a baby watching those chickens, but not as hard watching kids crawl around on rubbish dumps. There's something really rooly wrong there.

It's just that chickens are innocent. And people aren't.

3 comments

  1. Darren Lambert19 June 2008 at 01:43

    It's a wonderful film, I've seen it dozens of time. I love the timelapse sequences the most I think.

    I have just come back from a trip to south east Asia and had the chance to visit many of the sites in the film.

    See this Baraka web site.

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  2. Hey Darren. Yes, the timelapse sequences were amazing. I also loved those Buddhist monks doing their chanting dance/ritual, when there were two groups of them and one group spoke while the other swayed backwards like rushes in the breeze. I have no idea what they were saying, but it was really cool.

    Thanks for the link to the site.

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  3. oh the chickens!!!

    the use of music with the various scenes along with the juxtaposition you mentioned, Baraka is the best chill out video

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