Baraka - 10/28/08 (1 Viewer)

[Brandon Conway]

Via MPI



FULLY RESTORED - THE FIRST MOVIE EVER TRANSFERRED IN 8K ULTRADIGITAL HD!
Shot in breathtaking 70mm in 24 countries on six continents, BARAKA is a transcendent global tour that explores the sights and sounds of the human condition like nothing you’ve ever seen or felt before. These are the wonders of a world without words, viewed through man and nature’s own prisms of symmetry, savagery, harmony and chaos.

BARAKA – produced by Mark Magidson and directed and photographed by Ron Fricke, award-winning cinematographer of KOYAANISQATSI and creators of the IMAX® sensation CHRONOS – has now been fully restored from its original camera negative via state-of-the-art 8K UltraDigital mastering to create the most visually stunning Blu-ray ever made.

Price: $34.98
Product Code: BD1800
Aspect Ratio: 2:21:1
Features: Available for the first time ever on Blu-Ray in 8k UltraDigital HD
Genre: Documentary
Number of Discs: 1
Production Year: 1992
Rating: NR
Release Date: October 28th, 2008
Run-Time: 97 minutes
Special Features: Includes over 80 minutes of all new bonus features: Baraka: A Closer Look
Baraka: Restoration
Subtitles: No
UPC: 030306180090

 

[Jesse Blacklow]

8K restoration? New documentary? All-time favorite of mine.
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Most. Wanted. Blu-ray.

EVAR.

Pleasepleasepleaseplease have a lossless track.

 

[Yumbo]

Excellent!

 

[Ed St. Clair]

Powerful film.
However, I've already double-dipped.

 

[Jesse Blacklow]

Wow.

If there was ever a reference disc for hi-def, this would be a top choice. The new high-res transfer should be enough to get the BD, and the fact that the previous DVDs left much to be desired should be an even bigger motivation.

 

[MatthewA]

This should be the gold standard for 65mm titles on Blu-Ray, and hopefully an example for studios.

 

[Ed St. Clair]

We'll see (pun intended)!
[HDM doesn't have a great track record w/70mm]
Superior transfer (no DNR actifacts for one thing) & super extras might get me.
However, I would only buy this used & trade in the anamorphic SD.
So, at fifteen bucks or less, yes! ;-)

 

[OliverK]

I do not think that an 8k master will make much of a difference compared to a 4k for what we see on the Blu-Ray, but if the people involved with Baraka get things right it can easily be the best large format movie on HDM. There is no other competitor as of now that is really hard to beat so they just have to do their homework on this one and they will have a winner on their hands.

 

[Ralphie_B]

Would there be plans for a theatrical re-release? Or hedging bets for a release on a future format (Ultraviolet-Ray )? Seems a Blu-Ray disc wouldn't show much difference between a 4K and 8K scan... but other playback methods might.

 

[Brian Borst]

I think Blu-Ray would show a difference for a 70mm film, and this is one. Definitely a transfer supervised by the persons who made it. This should look superb.
Could we have a BD of Koyaanisqatsi too, please?

 

[Brent Avery]

I regret not adding to this thread - instead of starting another. Here are some more shots.







Had to use a flash at low speed so please excuse the image quality.