Movie Review: BARAKA

Baraka is a visual documentary by Ron Frike. It's the first film to the trilogy Qatsi and was made in 1992.

The name of this film, "Baraka" means breath of life and that's just the sensation that I feel when I watch these film. This documentary show us, our different cultures and how humans are related to nature. It's difficult make an abstract about this film, because there are just images connecting with a background music.

This film don't have special effects or superstar actors, but it's a very good documentary, because it shows with non-words the human activity and give you a message about a social critic.

Baraka makes a simile and also a divergence with the civilized world, represented by Tokyo, and the uncivilized cultures, like cultures in the Tibet. We can see a stronger and violet contrast in the form of life who has these cultures, like our planet was completely divide in two poles.

The soundtrack of Baraka is wonderful. I think that it gives the emotion in the precise moments. It's like the images and the music are only one thing that complete the sense of this documentary.

Finally, Baraka is an invitation to know magical  places that we never knows and they exist in our planet. It's an invitation to know more about another cultures and another spiritualism. And of course, Baraka is a visual reflection about what we, like humans, are doing with our planet know

So, I invite you to see this documentary, because when I watch it, I love it and ever when I watch it again, it surprised me with the images, the music, the colors, the form and I discover something new.

Here is the link! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AWvQekdrFUs

Technology

My favourite piece of technology is my laptop.

In my opinion laptop is the most useful piece of technology i know, because (if it has internet) , you can supply a lot things, like mobilephone, television, books, etc.

I'm not very fanatic about technology, but I have to recognize that technology is very important this days in my university life. Specially laptop, help me to study, and make my life a little bit easier. I can read by the computer, and search relevant information about my university works.  Also, I comunicate with my classmates by internet, because it's more cheap and easier than another system. My teachers, use the e-mail to send our marks and material about the class, so I have to say that if I don't have my laptop, my life should be difficult.

However, I have to say, that I use my laptop for the university but also only for spend time, and chatting with my boyfriend, because when we use the mobilephone, my parents makes angry when the count comes at home, it was very expensive. For these reason, we decided to get ride of the callings and we use the internet to talking now.

Another use that I give to my laptop is using it like a cinema. I love watching movies, so I download for free, a lot of movies that I see when I have a time.

Finally, I have to say, that I enjoy and work with my laptop, and that is why it is my favourite piece of technology. although, I think that I can live without my laptop, I prefer having one to help me to enjoy and work.