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Naqoyqatsi
A few days ago I bought the third of Godfrey Reggio's Qatsi series, "Naqoyqatsi". I only found out about this 2002 film this year, and it had just came out in Japan at the end of August.
While "Koyaanisqatsi" and "Powaqqatsi" present beautiful images of the world, this one is mostly all computer generated, and most of the few filmed parts (shot in the U.S.) underwent big digital processing.
I don't mind this style, but still I can't say that this film has much of what practically kept me from blinking when I first watched "Koyaanisqatsi".
Philip Glass' music is similar to the previous films, and should please classical music lovers as much as those who like analog synth sounds, with a lot of crazy arpeggios and time changes.
Yo-Yo Ma plays cello on this one, which fits very well.
The DVD also contains a bunch of interviews and studio footage, which I also found very enjoyable.
(Japanese release details at my agenda)
Posted on September 28, 2004 at 00:34 | Tweet
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i know something about this!
i can't remember what it is though, maybe i saw it in a best buy circular a few weeks ago.
i remember thinking it must be a good af film for sure
will be back upon remembering more
Posted by bud on September 28, 2004 at 02:30
My thoughts:
http://www.tedmills.com/moviepile/2003/07/naqoyqatsi.shtml
Posted by ted on September 28, 2004 at 05:31
I like the first of those two movies. I've never seen the third movie of the series. I saw Powaqqatsi in L.A. with Phillip Glass and his ensemble performing the soundtrack live! That was a very wonderful experience. It impressed me very much that his keyboard playing forms a major part of the music, even though he is the composer.
I subsequently saw him playing live music for Jean Cocteau's black&white film "La Belle et la Bete", with opera singers singing the libretto of this beautiful movie. Another wonderful memory!
What is the theme of Naqoyqatsi?
Posted by Michael on September 30, 2004 at 11:44
That must have been wonderful indeed. I learnt too late that Philip Glass came to Japan last year and performed both Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi live... I'd have loved to see that!
Naqoyqatsi's tag line is "Life as war". Visual themes are war, media, digital age, etc...
Na-qoy-qatsi: (nah koy・kahtsee) N. From the Hopi Language.
1. A life of killing each other. 2. War as a way of life. 3. (Interpreted) Civilized violence.
http://www.naqoy.com/naqoy/
Posted by Patrick on September 30, 2004 at 11:54