Talk:Baraka (film)

message: This is clearly NOT a comprehensive list of places filmed. Cambodia, for an obvious example, is not listed. Is there any way to make this list more complete?--AaronM 17:59, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Both appear to be the same;  see Todd-AO and 70 mm film.  mdf 14:37, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: This is clearly NOT a comprehensive list of places filmed

message: The first sentence in the third paragraph of the article claims quite outrageously that 'baraka' means 'blessing' in "many different languages."  It doesn't even clarify that it comes from the Semitic root for 'blessing.' The main Semitic languages include Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew and Tigrinya.  Baraka means blessing in Arabic without any manipulation of the word; the words for 'blessing' in Hebrew and Amharic (I wouldn't know about Tigrinya, but highly doubt that it be more similar to Arabic than to either of the latter two, as it is much more closely related to the latter two in general) have phonetic sounds not even present in English.  From 'baraka', the 'k' in Hebrew would be a 'x'/'kh' (though normally transliterated from Hebrew as 'ch') and in Amharaic, it would be a 'q,' which in Semitic languages is distinct from 'k,' and a 't' at the end.  As for Aramaic, it is also in the same subgrouping of the Semitic languages as Hebrew.  The claim that it means 'blessing' in many languages, to me, appears to scream of politics.  Not to mention, these few languages can hardly be considered "many," especially since no borrowing has occurred.  In Turkish, we have 'bereket' but that's not 'baraka' either, it in fact closer to the Amharic form of the word.  Long story short, it is mal-informed and wrong. I suggest we change that it say something along the lines of either: Baraka means blessing in Arabic or Baraka comes from the Semitic root for blessing. cullen (talk) 05:56, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Talk about missing the point. Viriditas (talk) 03:33, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Inaccurate Claim

message: I've seen several referrences to this film being purely visual - a sequence of images without a story.  I couldn't disagree more.  This film seems to show a range of different human possibilities.  With some effort, I think most people on this earth could choose to live in any one of these cultures.  To me, these images show what is important to these different groups, what choices they make for themselves, and what they see as holy.
BmikeSci 18:52, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Story Line

message: I think we should move the list of places filmed to a separate page, because it's longer than the description of the movie. --grawity 15:33, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Places filmed 

message: The 70mm camera in this movie was designed by Ron Fricke himself. Fricke went to Garo Eskenian of Moldex-Metric inc. to machine and build the camera.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.67.240.3 (talk) 08:19, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  about 70 mm film 

message: Should it be mentioned that clips from this movie are show in The Matrix Reloaded when Neo is talking to the Architect?! 86.40.220.231 (talk) 17:24, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Neither should be noted without good sources and good reason.  While some editors may enjoy treating Wikipedia as a repository for useless popular culture trivia, context is everything. Viriditas (talk) 03:34, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Matrix 

message: Hi, I am always at a loss in how to add a link to the external links section. Siskel and Ebert reviewed Baraka back in 1993 http://siskelandebert.org/video/3K83HKKR8WX5/Striking-Distance-Into-the-West-The-Age-of-Innocence-1993 . I have this up at my website at siskelandebert.org. Thanks!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Firstmagnitude (talk • contribs) 22:10, 30 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can you add the Siskel and Ebert link of their review of Baraka?