BARAKA

Many parts if this movie were very fascinating and powerful to me. I thought the scene with the conveyor belt of chicks was very sad, but interesting because of the juxtaposition with the hectic subway station. I can see how the two scenes relate with the crowdedness, but this part of the movie was depressing. The chicks were sorted and had their beaks burned off just to end up in a cage for mass egg production. This part made me feel disgusted and a bit sad. The next part of the movie that was also depressing yet powerful was the part on the concentration camps and the scenes in Cambodia that followed it. The scenes of the stacks of bones and skulls from the victims of the Khmer Rouge regime, as well as the photos of the children and piles of shoes, were quite chilling and gloomy. Even without words, the music and images had a lot of meaning and power. They not only show the terror of what happened in those places, but also leave us to remember, memorialize, and respect the victims of the Khmer Rouge and Nazi regime. The last part of the movie that was also very fascinating and creative to me was when the man with the almost full body tattoo comes out of the bath water and then it goes to a scene of a Native child with his face painted. I thought that transition was very well done and showed how different cultures can be compared.