For me the opening one with the apes.
I love how those guys are meditating in the steam (got a pic of them on the computer as my wallpaper at the mo.)
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The one with the Kayapo (Brazilian Indians) kids all painted up with combs. Just because I am biased though!
shareTHAT is one tough call. Too many.
For sure, the snow monkeys are serene (you can practically see the one's thought processes during the close-up)... the Balinese ketzak (sp?) chanters... how about that dude with the dreadlocks reading from his holy book? ... the Sufi dervishes... the panoramas into various places of worship... Don't get me started.
And plenty of scenes I didn't want to see, but am better for it ... through the unflinching eye of the camera.
The beginning with the Ape, absolutely and the chapter in Japan with the monk walkin in the street
sharemy absolute favorite is the ending scene with the tree in the middle of the desert, stretching to the stars
another great parallel is between the poor ghettos and the cemetery, the smeary Jesus
the fire parallel was awesome (the petrol wells --> the foundry workers --> the concentration camp)
the burning oilfields of Kuwait is my favorite transition scene, not mearly for the visuals but because I'm a huge fan of Scottish Military bagpipe marches..
The rampant cyberpunk in me however, will always have a soft spot for the Noh-face silent scream in recognition of the mechanization of life (end of the 'chickens' section. I enjoy watching the audiences reaction to this piece every time I show this film on my movie nights.
My favorite shots and scenes:
Medimonkey
Tak-tak handshaker dudes
Flocks of birds over the water
Tokyo Bellman
Chicks on a conveyor belt
The montage that show the dark side of human nature(The skulls in Camobodia, The trip through the abandoned concentration camp etc.). I really love the music in that scene. It's really poignant and moving. I also like the finale shots of the dessert at night.
It looks great and the music seems to sync up with the lights.
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shareBest scene for me was The Dip Tse Chok Ling monastery's ceremony, the "tak-tak-tak
takatakatakataka" one. It is such a perfect symbol of spiritual oneness through ritualistic method, a subject which is explored throughout the film. I also love how the baboon which is featured at the beginning seems to be a recurring icon within the outward expressions of certain people for every member of the various cultures the film explores. The closer a culture gets to an apathetic metropolis setting, the more that culture deviates from the divinity and freedom that nature offers through mundane existence. Dip Tse Chok Ling chorus is incidentally the bridge on a Mr.Bungle song entitled "Goodbye Sober Day". It makes that song worth listening to.
My favorite sequence, or chapter is the Varanasi bathers and funeral pyres. For me the combination of sunlight, water, color, fire and the music brings a dignity and beauty to death...
Favorite single shots too numerous to name, but here are a few:
Iranian glittering mosque interior
looking down on terraced rice paddies
'meditating' snow monkey
monk ringing enormous bell, with the sounds rope and breeze
rain on the African plain
circling the Ka'aba in Mecca
starfields rotating
Hi miles!
I like your choice of scenes. Some I would like to add are:
- Asian man with child on bike.
- Japanese actors screaming with the alarm sounds on background, followed by the donkey on the trashbelt.
- close-up on the Muslim girl right before the circling of the Ka'aba in Mecca.
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Best scene for me was The Dip Tse Chok Ling monastery's ceremony, the "tak-tak-tak
takatakatakataka" one. It is such a perfect symbol of spiritual oneness through ritualistic method, a subject which is explored throughout the film."
just a correction, the monastery of the Dip Tse Chok Ling monks
is in Dharmasala, India, and is of Tibetan buddhist monks.
this is also the official sitting place of HH The Dalai Lama of Tibet.
as for the ceremony you speak of, this is a part of the Ramayana Monkey Chant
which is done in Bali, Indonesia.
it is a mythical play -
"A Sanskrit epic, traditionally attributed to Valmiki, that concerns the banishment of Rama from his kingdom, the abduction of his wife Sita by a demon and her rescue, and Rama's eventual restoration to the throne."
"Ostensibly, the ketjak is a reenactment of the battle described in the Ramayana epic — in which the monkey hordes came to the aid of Prince Rama in his battle with the evil King Ravana — complete with a chorus imitating monkeys, as they chant the syllable tjak."
there's an authentic recording of the ceremony 20 minutes of it,
though in low quality here "http://www.ubu.com/ethno/soundings/ketjack.html";
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@elevenchristcity Dip Tse Chok Ling chorus is incidentally the bridge on a Mr.Bungle song entitled "Goodbye Sober Day".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbA24Rn6TLQ The monks are at 2:43 - what a trip!
My favourite scenes are:
The People in searching stuff in the wasteland in India and the homeless in Brazil, its so sad.
The concetration camp and the torture chamber, its shoking!
The ending, this tree in the desert and the stars!
My favs are:
The shot of the cave at Uluwatu, Bali, only because I've paddled through it many times to go surfing during the 80s - brings back memories.
But the best of all is the TAK TAK chant - especially the "boss" chant fellow - he just gets right into it!
The endless field of B-52 bombers just sitting there as a shrine to the end of the cold war (maybe?)
def. the waterfall
...and the old Asian woman ..where the camera zoomed in on her hands. I think it was towards the beginning.
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What about the scene with the planes in Koyaanisqatsi? Or the rocket burning up at the end? Photographic marvels. Scenes that make me think, "how did they even film that?"
Such scenes are lacking in Baraka and some shots are re-used from Koyaanisqatsi over ten years later.
Of course Baraka is a beautiful and at times poigniant experience, but it is also far less coherent than Fricke's work on Koyaanisqatsi