LA DUers - Baraka showing in 70mm at the Egyptian tonight.

It's not sold out yet (surprisingly), so if you're looking for something to do tonight, I HIGHLY recommend this film (and such a great place to see it, too). Showing is at 7:30.

In fact, to everybody no matter where you are, this one's a must-see (it's on DVD, but never, ever miss a chance to see it on the big screen).

I'll give you amazon's description:

Genres: Documentary

Plot Outline: A movie with no conventional plot: merely a collection of expertly photographed scenes. Subject matter has a highly environmental theme.

The word Baraka means "blessing" in several languages; watching this film, the viewer is blessed with a dazzling barrage of images that transcend language. Filmed in 24 countries and set to an ever-changing global soundtrack, the movie draws some surprising connections between various peoples and the spaces they inhabit, whether that space is a lonely mountaintop or a crowded cigarette factory. Some of these attempts at connection are more successful than others: for instance, an early sequence segues between the daily devotions of Tibetan monks, Orthodox Jews, and whirling dervishes, finding more similarity among these rituals than one might expect. And there are other amazing moments, as when sped-up footage of a busy Hong Kong intersection reveals a beautiful symmetry to urban life that could only be appreciated from the perspective of film. The lack of context is occasionally frustrating--not knowing where a section was filmed, or the meaning of the ritual taking place--and some of the transitions are puzzling. However, the DVD includes a short behind-the-scenes featurette in which cinematographer Ron Fricke (Koyaanisqatsi) explains that the effect was intentional: "It's not where you are that's important, it's what's there." And what's here, in Baraka, is a whole world summed up in 104 minutes. --Larisa Lomacky Moore

I love that kind of thing. I'm not in L.A. but maybe it'll be on DVD one day.

....which is really the only way to see this one. American Cinemateque screens Baraka twice a year, usually, so it'll come around again next fall if you're in the area.

This'll be the third time I've seen it on the big screen (AND I own it on DVD), so clearly I find it a very compelling film. ;-)

Good head films with great music.