Baraka

A visual poem with beautiful words and rhythms, but less space between the lines. (05/04/2003)

What fascinates me about these movies is the connection of all aspects of life on our Earth. There are beautiful landscapes created by nature, landscapes that are the result of human activity, there are people and their activities, animals, plants, simply everything. The theme of the movies is music and the world, and they also look like that. It is difficult to find a unified line here, if there is one at all. The movies are incredibly similar to each other, but they are definitely not copies. The shots in both movies are absolutely unique, even though similar themes are quite easy to find here. Man and his influence on nature is definitely one of them. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2013/02/baraka-odysea-zeme-1992-70.html (21/03/2013)

Perhaps I was expecting something a little different, but Baraka still managed to charm me in the end. No words, yet such an effective and artistically gorgeous account of life on our amazing planet. Without question, this remains one of the most thought-provoking documentaries ever made :) And the music is amazing! 80% (25/03/2013)

A crushing victory of form over content? No sir, quite the opposite, in fact. A clear and timely statement about the planet Earth in the form of audiovisual poetry without words. A conceptually perfectly assembled collection of exquisite images underscored by a great soundtrack. History, portraits, cruelty, beauty, nature and much more. Everything is there, and yet it doesn't come across overdone. There are more movies of a similar nature, but Baraka is definitely not one of the worse ones. (12/02/2007)

At the beginning it felt like those annoying PowerPoint presentations with pretty pictures that well intended friends spam your e-mail with. After a bit, the pictures fortunately change, there is a clear answer and I can’t deny that I ended up enjoying Baraka. (07/09/2010)