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Koyaanisqatsi [b] is a 1982 American non-narrative documentary film directed and produced by Godfrey Reggio, featuring music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke. The film consists primarily of slow motion and time-lapse footage (some of it in reverse) of cities and many natural landscapes across the United States.
The trilogy includes Koyaanisqatsi (1982), Powaqqatsi (1988), and Naqoyqatsi (2002). The titles of the films are derived from the Hopi language , in which the word qatsi translates to "life." The series was produced by the Institute For Regional Education, who also created the Fund For Change.
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Powaqqatsi [a] is a 1988 American non-narrative film directed by Godfrey Reggio and the sequel to Reggio's experimental 1982 film, Koyaanisqatsi. It is the second film in The Qatsi Trilogy, which was followed by Naqoyqatsi (2002). The film's title is a Hopi neologism coined by Reggio meaning "parasitic way of life" or "life in transition".
Baraka is a 1992 American non-narrative documentary film directed by Ron Fricke.The film is often compared to Koyaanisqatsi, the first of the Qatsi films by Godfrey Reggio for which Fricke served as cinematographer. [2]
With an 86-year-old composer and an 80-year-old director, it’s impressive that Reggio’s producers then gathered a crew for “Once Within a Time” that had the average age of 27.
While Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi examine modern life in industrial countries and the conflict between encroaching industrialization and traditional ways of life, using slow motion and time-lapse footage of cities and natural landscapes, about eighty percent of Naqoyqatsi uses archive footage and stock images manipulated and processed ...
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