Baraka

First and foremost I have to give credit to a new friend of mine, who gave me this film to watch because we were exchanging movies. Thanks Alex!

Well, this film is amazing. I'm not quite sure how to describe it. There really isn't a plotline. There isn't any dialogue. There are no actors.
There are:.amazing musical scores
..vivid images
...flawless use of stop-motion film
....wide variety of different cultures being shown
I was told about one scene beforehand, I'll try to explain it. First, you see eggs, then you see baby chicks going down a conveyor belt and then it pans over to a major Asian city on the trains of people going through the subway station, sorting, squeezing, filing, moving.This film is told through images, or film clips flawlessly put together to tell a story.

My eyes were glued to the screen. I felt awful turning my head away for 10 seconds to grab my drink. Ron Fricke (director) went to over 142 locations in over 82 countries to film this. We never fully know where they are filming, we may have guesses that may be correct, but we are never fully sure. The first scenes start out with a monkey in the sea, then to an tribal people applying paint to their bodies, and it then moves to more life existing, living. The beautiful buildings, religious rituals, animals in their daily life, daily life for all life, all around the world.
People living their lives.And with that we see connections to everything in this world that we have.
What can I say to that?
Beautiful.

Check out some of the stills. Holy s***.
I'm watching the Bonus Features later on... this film impressed me so much, I think I may watch it again. :)

I watched the behind-the-scenes.
The word "baraka" is a fairly general term. It means "a blessing, or as a breath, or essence of life from which the evolutionary process unfolds," which explains the film pretty well. In it's broad term it is life. Life around the world. All forms of life. Animals, tribal people, religious ceremonies, architecture, natural beauties-- of all kinds. It is completely non-verbal, and that makes it beautiful, stunning, and a WOW of a film. Watch it.

I can't quite describe this film. But one thing I can say is that I stopped eating my dinner when I was watching it, I had to turn my back to get a sip of my drink and I didn't want to turn my head away. Also, I have to own this. I want everyone to see this.