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Starring:Roy Scheider, Dina Meyer, William McNamara, Henry Rollins, Barry Lynch, Adoni Maropis, Endre Hules, Cassandra Hepburn, Haskell V. Anderson III, Gabriella Bern, Timothy Roberts, Brian Christensen, Bob Kirsh
Director: David Worth (II)
Studio: Lions Gate
Product Type: DVD

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baraka the film
great efforts to capture the global experience......
Powerful images
The One Indispensable DVD
Yes.

Baraka
Director: Ron Fricke
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
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ASIN: B00005M91K
Release Date: 2001-09-25

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The word Baraka means "blessing" in several languages; watching this film, the viewer is blessed with a dazzling barrage of images that transcend language. Filmed in 24 countries and set to an ever-changing global soundtrack, the movie draws some surprising connections between various peoples and the spaces they inhabit, whether that space is a lonely mountaintop or a crowded cigarette factory. Some of these attempts at connection are more successful than others: for instance, an early sequence segues between the daily devotions of Tibetan monks, Orthodox Jews, and whirling dervishes, finding more similarity among these rituals than one might expect. And there are other amazing moments, as when sped-up footage of a busy Hong Kong intersection reveals a beautiful symmetry to urban life that could only be appreciated from the perspective of film. The lack of context is occasionally frustrating--not knowing where a section was filmed, or the meaning of the ritual taking place--and some of the transitions are puzzling. However, the DVD includes a short behind-the-scenes featurette in which cinematographer Ron Fricke (Koyaanisqatsi) explains that the effect was intentional: "It's not where you are that's important, it's what's there." And what's here, in Baraka, is a whole world summed up in 104 minutes. --Larisa Lomacky Moore

Customer Reviews:

baraka the film.......2007-06-14

One of the best movies ever. It shows it doesn't take more than nature and imagination to do a strong film.

great efforts to capture the global experience.............2007-06-12

I saw BARAKA in theaters, back in the early 1990s. I was immediately drawn to the eye-popping photography. The filmmaker spent twelve years gathering footage from over twenty countries, to capture life at its best and worst. The name of the film, "Baraka" is translated as "blessing" in several languages. Was this film a blessing to me? No, not really. It felt more like a ponderous, new age journey, set to mind-numbing orchestral accompaniment. In all honesty, the film repulsed me in many ways. The director tried to contrast visions of beauty with visions of the grotesque. Instead, I was left with phantom images of death, torture and sickness, and that superceded any attempts at beauty. We see the elements exposed (mountains, etc), and I am sure for anyone seeing this film, more recently, these visions of peaks and valleys are poignant, in the age of global warming and environmental trauma. What's more, visions of people from very diverse cultures almost seemed more exploitative than honorable. It almost felt as though they were puppets acting in a very strange (and sprawling) incidental play about mortality. There are shots of skulls, women who have participated in genital mutiliation and glimpses into very tragic events in humankind. This felt more manipulative than visionary. Yes, I am aware I am going to receive a lot of flack because I didn't give this film a perfect five star rating, like 95% of the Amazon writers here, but, I must speak my truth. And, if you asked, "Should I buy BARAKA, and find out what everyone is talking about?" I would advise you to pass on this one.

Powerful images.......2007-06-08

Basically that's all it is, a series of powerful images that give an accurate and above all objective view of our world and society in general.

The One Indispensable DVD.......2007-05-27

I own at least 500 DVDs. If you asked me which is my favorite film/DVD I would have to say "Baraka," because, if for no other reason, it is the DVD I watch most. Scarcely a week goes by that I don't watch Ron Fricke's masterpiece.

"Masterpiece" is not a term I use lightly. In fact, it's not a term I use at all but it describes this film. First, it is simply beautiful. If you have a home theater system that you take pride in, this is the one DVD to own. It's approximately ninety minutes are spread over two layers: as a result the picture is almost HD-like, especially if you have an "upscaling" DVD player and a suitable display.

The music, a combination of Michael Stearn's original score and contributions by artists like "Dead Can Dance," compliment the visuals perfectly.

None of this would matter if the subject of the film weren't worthy of your consideration. Rest assured, it is. I don't trust the words "spiritual" or "spirituality" but I will make an exception for "Baraka." As Fricke puts it in the documentary on the DVD, while we have been invited to live on the planet, life has not given any of us a veto over the guest list. "Baraka" is about that "guest list."

There is no other film I can say this about: I watch it a lot because I am always a better person for having watched it. 12/10

Yes........2007-05-26

Haunting, Beautiful, Terrifying, Irreplaceable. That describes Earth, and it also describes this movie.

This is Education in the most visceral way.

Average customer rating:

baraka the film
great efforts to capture the global experience......
Powerful images
The One Indispensable DVD
Yes.

Baraka
Director: Ron Fricke
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00003ETJQ
Release Date: 2000-01-25

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Customer Reviews:

baraka the film.......2007-06-14

One of the best movies ever. It shows it doesn't take more than nature and imagination to do a strong film.

great efforts to capture the global experience.............2007-06-12

Powerful images.......2007-06-08

Basically that's all it is, a series of powerful images that give an accurate and above all objective view of our world and society in general.

The One Indispensable DVD.......2007-05-27

Yes........2007-05-26

Haunting, Beautiful, Terrifying, Irreplaceable. That describes Earth, and it also describes this movie.

This is Education in the most visceral way.

Average customer rating:

Excellent DVD.
Visual miracles you can still feel long after its over.
Wonderful Unknown California
Cinematographic genius that transcends typical film work.
An audio visual vehicle to a tranquil place.

IBIIDA LAHAA
Starring: Ibiida Lahaa
Manufacturer: CustomFlix
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Music Video & Concerts | Genres | DVD | Video

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ASIN: B000C7PN80
Release Date: 2006-07-13

Product Description

Working on many levels this spectacular journey into trance helps reduce stress, increases awareness, focuses intellect, and uses Native American sacred locations for its imagery healing properties. The Native American Wintu word IBIIDA means "I am", while LAHAA has two meanings: "into trance" or "to doctor and heal". This amazing visual experience through its surreal landscapes engages viewers into an alternate state of being, with its beautiful cinematography and breathtaking kaleidoscope of waterfalls, ocean beaches, rivers, cloud formations, mountains, valleys, and lightning storms. Craig Padilla perfectly blends a mind-altering, atmospheric musical score emerging into a therapeutic and captivating visual poetry that invites repeat viewing. IBIIDA LAHAA was shot in High Definition, producing a unique DVD immersion experience with its extraordinary clear images, time-lapse photography, and visualizations. Based on an ancient and ongoing idea that images can alter consciousness, IBIIDA LAHAA environmentally enhances one's living space while having a therapeutic effect on the human psyche. Use this DVD to enjoy the beautiful images and great music anytime at home, office, or while traveling. Great for corporate organizations who want to reduce stress and increase productivity. Provides a calming and comforting display option for the health care industry. Use it as a screen saver, or just have it on in the background and enjoy its benefits.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent DVD........2006-05-18

Visually captivating photography and stunning special effects are cleverly combined with beautiful new age compositions to bring the viewer a relaxing and enlightening experience.

Visual miracles you can still feel long after its over. .......2006-01-18

Very seldom have I owned a DVD that illuminates and captivates such awe-inspiring and expansive landscapes as Ibiida Lahaa. This film allows the viewer to experience an unique unfolding of the human spirit into an array of fantastic visions. Any one seeing this type of DVD represents the possibility of leaving more of oneself than one takes. Something we all should have and view.

Wonderful Unknown California.......2006-01-01

This is an awesome experience - even for someone who grew up in Eastern Europe, the images are so evocative of an ideal place - caravan of gipsy singers should trout those landscapes, beautiful amazing music! Congratulations! Excellent gift to a special friend!

Cinematographic genius that transcends typical film work........2005-12-06

Perfect for every one of all ages, this masterpiece of creative imagery, artfully blended with a tranquil and inspirational aural composition, will equally leave you ready to face the rest of your day, or prepare you for dreamtime or prayer.

A refreshing alternative to the midday coffee break, this DVD would provide a rewarding respite for anyone from the weary office employee, to frazzled parents or children.

No ordinary film, Ibiida Lahaa, provides a unique viewing experience, with body/soul-nourishing results. As a daily stress reducer, it could be just what the doctor ordered!

An audio visual vehicle to a tranquil place........2005-11-30

I was fortunate enough to see this movie in it's theatrical release. Being shot in high definition it was amazing to see the detail of the images. The water looked like it was going to jump off the screen.

The movie is enjoyable on many levels. I started watching it analyzing the video shots and paying careful attention to the music. By the end it had transported me to a pleasant world where I stopped categorizing and analyzing to just enjoying being in the moment. It left me with beautiful images in my minds eye and a tranquil feeling of peace.

Average customer rating:

Not impressed
fine addition to the FAERIE TALE THEATRE series
Enough of Washington Irving's Magic Resonates
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
Francis Ford Coppola seems to be directing in his sleep....

Faerie Tale Theatre - Rip Van Winkle
Starring: Harry Dean Stanton , Tim Conway , Brad M. Bucklin , John Achorn , and Mark Blankfield
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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ASIN: B00061UI1O
Release Date: 2004-11-16

Description

A lazy man retreats to the forest to hunt with his dog and meets up with some strangers who gave him some strange brew that makes him so sleepy that he doesn't wake up for twenty years.

Customer Reviews:

Not impressed.......2006-03-18

I didn't feel that this adaptation of Irving's story stayed true enough to the original. The character development in the beginning was weak, and the encounter with Henry Hudson's crew was really stretched (unnecessarily). I was glad I didn't pay a lot of money for this.

fine addition to the FAERIE TALE THEATRE series.......2004-11-10

RIP VAN WINKLE is a fine addition to the FAERIE TALE THEATRE series, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Harry Dean Stanton in the titled role.

Rip Van Winkle (Harry Dean Stanton) is a good man, he's just a too much of a dreamer is all. His wife Wilma (Talia Shire) has had just about enough of his loafing ways, the house is falling about their ears and there's no money.

When Rip goes hunting in the forest he happens upon a group of ghosts, who offer him some of their stange green drink. Sleepy and confused, Rip sleeps away in the forest (for 20 years!).

Once awake, Rip now finds himself in an entirely different world to that he knew only yesterday. What has happened to Rip Van Winkle?

Featuring great performances from Roy Dotrice and Tim Conway. Harry Dean Stanton is suitably-bewildered in the title role, and Talia Shire has a ball as the frazzled Wilma.

Enough of Washington Irving's Magic Resonates.......2004-06-20

RIP VAN WINKLE is the kind of pseudo-fairy tale that can mean nearly anything that the reader wants. In the hands of director Francis Ford Coppola, RVW is a surprisingly entertaining version of the Washington Irving novel that was resurrected by the Fairie Tale Theater. A previous reviewer castigated Coppola for what he termed the cheapness of the sets. Yet, as I watched the film for myself (no children involved), I was carried along by what I saw as a deliberately surreal style that successfully mimicked the much more somber tone of the text. Rip (Harry Dean Stanton)is presented as a henpecked husband of wife Vilma (Talia Shire), a woman whose cacophanous shrewishness more clearly suggests Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch of the West than the shrill yelping of say Hillary Clinton. In such a non-threatening world, Vilma's harsh voice and equally harsh hairdo do little more than serve as plot devices to propel Rip into the haunted mountains of the Catskills, where the tale's true power resides. Rip leaves the outer level surreal world of his village to enter the inner level surreality of the Magic Mountain of Commander Heinrich. There he sees the magical ghosts whose own deaths 150 years ago prefigure his own looming sleep death of twenty years. Rip's return is a balancing of his own confusion of his long sleep with an equally confusing long sleep of the burgeoning united colonies. The silliness of the mayor (Tim Conway) suggests the subtext that the changes in Rip's village--astounding as they must seem to the bewildered Rip--are only the precursor to further changes that involve granting rights to women and people of color. When Rip finally accepts the reality of his new life, so does the viewer accept the notion that even the seeming reality of momentous changes must be viewed against future and even more momentous ones. RIP VAN WINKLE succeeds in resonating this message as well as far more "serious" films.

Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle.......2004-02-12

Atmospheric and delightful version of the Washington Irving classic from Faerie Tale Theatre. Francis Ford Coppola creates a spellbinding film with Harry Dean Stanton turning in a great performance as the man who liked to sleep alot! Talia Shire is wickedly funny as Rip's wife, Wilma. Alot of people probably think the same thing as I do, that the sets are a little too fake such as the sheet used for water when the goblins talk about their misfortunate shipwreck. Overall however, it's another excellent episode.

Francis Ford Coppola seems to be directing in his sleep...........2003-08-02

First of all, let me state that Faerie Tale Theatre is one of the best children's series ever made. It walks the fine line of being entertaining for both children and adults without pandering to either. However, this is by far the weakest entry in the series and should be avoided by all but completists. The dark aspects of Washington Irving's book have been toned down in service of a bland script and oddly tacked-on environmental message. There are glimpses of the sort of magic and wonder the story invokes, but mostly this is a lifeless and static adaptation. Francis Ford Coppola is the most acclaimed director to work on the show, but he's directing on autopilot here. The script by Mark Curtiss and Rod Ash (who have notably written the most as well as the lamest scripts in the series) wanders aimlessly in the first half before crashing to a halt in the second. Harry Dean Stanton as Rip is one of the few good things here, but Talia Shire is woefully miscast (although I think that was the point) as Rip's overbearing wife. The series always runs on a shoestring, but here it really shows. During Hudson's flashback of the storm at sea, even young children will be rolling their eyes at the toy boat tossing around on a blanket. Some of the set pieces do deliver (most memorably the encounter with the ghosts) and Carmine Coppola's music is pretty enough, but I can find little else to recommend here. Maybe if you need help falling asleep....

Average customer rating:

Not enough Dina Meyer

Time Lapse
Starring: Roy Scheider , Dina Meyer , William McNamara , Henry Rollins , and Barry Lynch
Director: David Worth (II)
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
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ASIN: B00005OSLL
Release Date: 2001-11-27

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Not enough Dina Meyer.......2003-02-20

This is a very good B movie. The acting by William McNamara was good and Roy Scheider, as always, was exelent. The movie has a somewhat unique plot. When an agent does not know who he can trust he goes to his Ex wife (Dina Meyer) and tries to get her help into finding out what is happining to him. They saved some money in filming by using part a chase seen from the movie Narrow Margin, but the footage was spliced in very well. The sound was very good for a low budget movie. It is a movie I will watch again.

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House Construction For Kids
Starring: Chris Blakely , and Rob Newell
Manufacturer: CustomFlix
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ASIN: B000K2VIJK
Release Date: 2006-10-30

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The Carnivorous Syndrome in 3d.

Manufacturer: REGINAL ARTS & CULTURE COUNCIL.
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ASIN: B000N14FBQ

Product Description

This motion picture explores the astounding lives of the carniverous plants, in mind-bending 3D. Travel the rain forests of borneo while learning about the mysterious plants which live there. Featuring unprecedented 3D close-up time lapse shot by jasper, a robot made of lego bricks.

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My Escape
there are far better nature dvds

Timeless...
Director: Gary Warriner
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000006IH4
Release Date: 1998-01-28

Description

Thunderheads rumble and lightning streaks across the desert's night sky as the Milky Way traces its path around the North Star. Giant waves batter a rocky coast and storm clouds engulf volcanic peaks. Special time-lapse photo techniques capture both nature's forces and nature's beauty in this compelling film of time and primal wilderness. This non-narrative film is set to original musical scores and natural sounds, filmed in the Pacific Northwest and American Southwest.

Customer Reviews:

My Escape.......2007-01-15

For me, Timeless is an escape. I just watch it with a loved one when we don't want to do anything and just let ourselves go. One could ruin it and just focus on the details and miss the point, kind of like hanging on each and every joke made in a comedy show even though some may actually be lame. But you would lose the point in the process. Buy it with the attitude meant for it, a nature lover from a distance, then you'll see its beauty.

there are far better nature dvds.......2000-05-10

i was very disappointed with this when i got it. with this type of thing one always runs the risk of getting a very new-agey product that is heavy-handed with cheesy music. the images are sometimes nice, but there is definitely much better stuff out there

Clouds 02 - Time-lapse stock footage from A Luna Blue

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Clouds 02 - Time-lapse stock footage from A Luna Blue

Manufacturer: A Luna Blue
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32 royalty free time-lapse stock footage clips.
Broadcast quality stock footage for video professionals worldwide.
QuickTime D1 and AVI-DV for complete compatibility with your video editing system.
Creative video imagery perfect for your broadcast, desktop video, advertising and the internet.
Everyone on the street and their dog will take notice.

ASIN: B000MXD6JC

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32 Royalty free time-lapse stock footage clips delivered on two DVD-ROM Data Disks (requires a DVD-ROM drive). Our royalty free stock footage and video backgrounds are digitaly produced to the highest broadcast quality standards. For complete compatibility with your software application each NTSC and PAL DVD-ROM contains all 32 clips in two formats: QuickTime D1 and AVI-DV. Creative video imagery for use in virtually any project including feature films, broadcast video, commercial, industrial, educational video and the internet. Technical Specifications: Either NTSC or PAL delivered to meet your countries broadcast standards. Broadcast Quality NTSC: QuickTime D1: 720x486 29.97fps Progressive - Photo JPEG Codec at 98% Quality. AVI-DV: 720x480 29.97fps Progressive - Windows DV Codec 100% Quality. Broadcast Quality PAL: QuickTime D1/DV: 720x576 25fps Progressive - Photo JPEG 98% Quality. AVI D1/DV: 720x576 25fps Progressive - Windows DV Codec 100% Quality.

Clouds 01 - Time-lapse stock footage from A Luna Blue

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Clouds 01 - Time-lapse stock footage from A Luna Blue

Manufacturer: A Luna Blue
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32 royalty free time-lapse stock footage clips.
Broadcast quality stock footage for video professionals worldwide.
QuickTime D1 and AVI-DV for complete compatibility with your video editing system.
Creative video imagery perfect for your broadcast, desktop video, advertising and the internet.
Knock-your-socks-off stuff at such a nice price.

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