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kamckaze
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Baraka (1992)
manipulative, racist, simple-minded, self-congratulating
19 December 2006 - 39 out of 106 users found this review helpful.
Summary: Nature is GOOD. Primitive tribes are GOOD. The Holocaust was BAD. So is WAR. Our everyday life is TOO FAST and leads to the TORTURE of BABY CHICKENS. PEOPLE, although not YOU because you are GOOD because you felt bad about the BABY CHICKENS, should SHAPE UP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
If you have missed the movie's POINT OF VIEW, listen more closely to the LOUD INTRUSIVE MUSIC, which will let you know clearly which scenes are GOOD and which are BAD.
Since no context is provided for the various shots, the movie uses the prejudices of its largely White, Western audience and a variety of film techniques (e.g., non-continuous off and on filming to make people move in jerky motions like automatons) to repeatedly hammer home its points.
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