Baraka

The first shot in this movie (second actually) shows a bunch of monkeys relaxing in natural hot-spring pools on a snow covered mountain. That is awesome. Those monkeys really have it made. With all the snow and ice and cold outside right now, I would love to join these monkeys more than anything in the world.

What followed was a very interesting montage of interesting things. It was a lot like a video version of flipping through a stack of National Geographic magazines. There's no story, or documentary purpose, but it provided a lot of beautiful imagery paired with contemplative music.

One of my old roommates, Jim the stoner, showed me a video that may have been this or something very similar. He said it was great to get high to. I can see that.