Step 1: Watch the movie.
->Check!
Step 2: Give your opinion.
->The movie is motivational, and really gives the essence of life in its entirety. I love how the cinematography displays nature and technology in relation to man and animals. In every shot there is always life in it, and it keeps the shots not only vivid but mesmerizing. I don't like how the shots stayed too long on the nature shots, but i thought it was creative how they put in people of the tribes and distant lands in the third world countries in the midst of it. The mug shots of the village people were, how do I put it? Inspiring. It was like I was really there and sitting across the room from them. It's interesting how the Japanese actors seemed to express old ideas of insanity within the modern world through ancient ways such as kabuki art.
I also really like how the sound director combined an abundance of instruments from all the places they visited and filmed at. I find it peculiar that the movie uses no narrative or dialogue whatsoever, but in lo of the context of the movie it fits and works! it just makes it even more inspirational. I can't say much about the lighting, because you know what they say: If you don't notice it, you know you're doing a good job on lighting. And that is just what they did, utilizing the natural lights of nature was brilliant. My favorite parts of the movie would be the kecak dance, tribal funeral dancing, the jumping spinning tribe dance, and the monk amidst the bustling city.
I really liked the essence of tribal life and the clash of old and new. This movie really made me look at the different sides of life, time, and the essence of people. It really opens my eyes to the world and I like it.
Step 3: Hold Up, Wait a Minute, Put a little thought in it! Make sure you integrated the following into your review!
->Actors and Locations
->Narrative Structure
->Cinematography and lighting
->Editing Techniques and Sound Design
->Music
QUESTIONS TO THIS SPECIFIC MOVIE:
1. I think this movie is called Baraka or "Breath" / "essence" because it displays life in its essence, letting us feel the breath of our coexistence with so many diverse lifeforms across the world.
2. If, by planetary perspective, you mean the aspect of looking at the essence of life subjectively by juxtapositioning the contrasting ideas of modern life, ancient life, technological and human life, and nature life and how they relate together in the present world, then no, I do not think it is expressing a critique of the modern world. I believe that although the modern world is admittedly crazy and that many things get lost in it. But I think that the movie is showing how these worlds meet together in the present. If one were to argue that the movie presented many sides of the third world and/or non-modern parts of the world in order to exemplify the overwhelming influence the modern world has on the ancient world, relaying the idea that the modern world is diminishing the old ways with the new, crazy ways, then I would argue back with the message I thought the movie conveyed:
3. I believed the film relayed this idea of juxtaposition, where the clash of old and new actually come together to compliment each other. It shows the different parts of the world, one part ancient in its traditions, another rural in its peaceful religions, others modern to the point where old ways are relished but not popular, another part where none of that even exists and only animals live, and other where everything melds together and coexist peacefully. My school, Capuchino High School, is said to be diverse(and it is) and I feel like its a mini version of the world: diverse in its way where everyone's just doing their own thing in their own way.
4. The absence of voice and text allow one to get swallowed up into the sounds and cultures of people and animals and things. I think it allows one to fully immerse themselves into the world of Baraka, where the images are so vivid you can't peel your eyes away. If voice and texts were there, they would distract away from the images. It also gives voice to your own thoughts and keeps the story up for interpretation, even if there isn't really one.
5. I think the most important image for this question is the monk walking amidst the bustling city. it shows the huge contrast of city and culture, and it contrasts to the peacefulness of nature.
6. Wow, what a coincidence. the interpretation of the monk is above, and the cigarette factory is a bit different. It shows the rural ways of life: cheap labor for the sake of modernized living(i.e. Smoking.) A clash, but in the midst of near nature-like settings. It reminds me of the methodological ways of ants or animals doing their routines.
7. Honestly, I think it's just trying to tell us that not everything is pretty about life.
8. "BOOM" and the breathing, and I liked the wind and string instruments. The drumming was awesome. I liked it all, basically.
9. WHY NOT? It's a good movie that is open for interpretation, gives us the experience of LIFE without needing to be there. Though, it does make you want to be there to experience. Hah.
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