Atop Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 beautiful film! Yeah I was wondering about 'The Fall' and why it stole ideas from 'Baraka', besides 'Baraka' being one of the most visually stunning films ever made, 'The Fall' was almost like 'Baraka' with a plot.... a pretty film as well but way too derivative... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepex Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 The Fall was visually interesting, but I didn't really like the plot. I think "stole ideas" is a little heavy. I'd say inspired by. What do you guys think of the Qatsi trilogy? I saw Koyaanisqatsi before seeing Baraka and it blew me away. It's stylistically very similar to Baraka in that it's pure cinema shots of nature juxtaposed with humanity, but the focus is placed much more on the unbalanced relationship humans have with the Earth and our raping it. Baraka seems like a refinement of the pure cinema style explored in the Qatsi films. It's a lot less heavy handed, looks way better, and is shows a more positive world. After seeing Koyaanisqatsi I wanted to die. lol not really but kind of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I like them and use them for projecting while playing live along with a lot other visually superb films(with no humans talking to each other)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Salads Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 The music for katsi is fucking astonishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playbynumbers Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 yeah what the hell is with this movie? why did David Fincher and SPike Jonez put their name on this POS? The Fall was one of the most unimpressive movies i have seen in a while, and far less entertaining/interesting than the Cell (which was kind of a crap movie besides the visuals) dude, come on, the visuals were incredible, and the acting wasn't that bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 never saw the fall, although the trailer looked intriguing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playbynumbers Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 in terms of cinematography and set location, it's one of the top 10 films ever made. the plot was rough, and the acting was a bit cheese, but as someone who is obsessed with photography, i was able to overlook it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcofribas Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 The Fall was visually interesting, but I didn't really like the plot. I think "stole ideas" is a little heavy. I'd say inspired by. What do you guys think of the Qatsi trilogy? I saw Koyaanisqatsi before seeing Baraka and it blew me away. It's stylistically very similar to Baraka in that it's pure cinema shots of nature juxtaposed with humanity, but the focus is placed much more on the unbalanced relationship humans have with the Earth and our raping it. Baraka seems like a refinement of the pure cinema style explored in the Qatsi films. It's a lot less heavy handed, looks way better, and is shows a more positive world. After seeing Koyaanisqatsi I wanted to die. lol not really but kind of. dude, that's bullshit. the qatsi trilogy does not portray the "rape of the earth" with a heavy hand. if the makers of baraka just took their cameras to the surrounding area there would be tons of this "rape of the earth" shit -- in fact there's a long (heavy handed) sentimental scene in baraka with the dead can dance tune (host of seraphim?) that really emphasizes this quality. this is something i am all too conscious of while watching the film -- this is not the world i live in, or a world that any one lives in. koyaanisqatsi keeps it real. plus, the soundtrack to barak is decidedly sentimental (read: heavy handed) at parts, whereas koyaanisqatsi has this totally utterly amazing purely transformational completely orgasmic powerfully pure and astonishing philip glass music. koyaanisqatsi = masterpiece baraka = amazing film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chax Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 i absolutely love baraka and the *qatsi trilogy series. they've had a ton of influence on me and i'm sure a lot of others. philip glass is brilliant, everyone needs to watch naqoyqatsi which came out like i think 6 years ago now. i've acrually wrote essays on it in college, definitely check it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 whereas koyaanisqatsi has this totally utterly amazing purely transformational completely orgasmic powerfully pure and astonishing philip glass music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 fuck, i wish i had a blu ray... i haven't seen this flick for 12 years i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 haven't seen baraka. koyaanisqatsi and powaqqatsi are playing at this mad oldschool cinema in a few days. i miight go, is powaquatsi any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 chronos chronos chronos and yes powaquatsi is great, my favorite scene happens to be in the very opening 10 minutes of the movie as well as having imo some of the best Philp Glass music ever made, although some of it was in truman show which i happened to see before powaquatsi so it took me some getting used to beginning song may be a little cheese for some people especially those with an aversion to 'world' music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Chronos by Ron Fricke (in hd quality on youtube! holy shit): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Abuse Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 the host of seraphim ftw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 haven't seen baraka. koyaanisqatsi and powaqqatsi are playing at this mad oldschool cinema in a few days. i miight go, is powaquatsi any good? where? we'd be up for that if it's somewhere easy to get to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 at the astor :) on monday the 4th. i've been going there heaps lately, like once a month. although still not sure if im going on monday.. but its a defs maybs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 at the astor :) on monday the 4th. i've been going there heaps lately, like once a month. although still not sure if im going on monday.. but its a defs maybs. cool, see you there? maybe we could grab a couple of drinks before/afterward at mother's milk on chapel st? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 hehe im not too sure how much money i'll have after the weeknd so i dont wanna say defs. but i defs might, maybe :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcofribas Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 omlol, drunk post above -- i totally don't remember writing that lol. later that night my gf woke me up b/c i was sleeping/listening to donkey kong country music pretty loud on youtube. wtf??? i haven't plaid that game in like a dozen years???? anyway, i wasn't thrilled by chronos. i've always felt it was more like a precursor to fricke's more significant work w/ koyaanisqatsi and baraka; good but not amazing like those other two films. maybe i should give it another shot though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
encey Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 ozric testaclez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 omlol, drunk post above -- i totally don't remember writing that lol. later that night my gf woke me up b/c i was sleeping/listening to donkey kong country music pretty loud on youtube. wtf??? i haven't plaid that game in like a dozen years???? anyway, i wasn't thrilled by chronos. i've always felt it was more like a precursor to fricke's more significant work w/ koyaanisqatsi and baraka; good but not amazing like those other two films. maybe i should give it another shot though. it's different for sure, for me its just more of the same beauty i don't really compare them » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « i jizz over anything Ron fricke is involved in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adjective Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Chronos came on HDnet or possibly it was MOJO, as one of the unlabeled films they used to sneak in sometimes. i remember flipping to it and me and a friend trailed off in our conversation and became hypnotized. i thought it was a "sunrise earth" kind of series or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 not sure if he had anything to do with Naqoyqatsi but that movie for me was a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruising for burgers Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 for anyone interested, Baraka was recently uploaded in HD on Youtube. Starts with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gWaS5JWIVc . I'm staying up as long as it takes to watch this... *drools* wow, this is pretty nice. no surprise youtube was predicted to lose half a billion dollars this year in bandwidth fees.. is it just me or your pc also freezes when watching HD videos on youtube??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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