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Powaqqatsi [trailer] (1988)

>> 21 mar 2009

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Also know “Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation”
Directed by Godfrey Reggio
Written by Godfrey Reggio & Ken Richards
Original music by Philip Glass
Release: 23 February 1989 (Australia), first preview 29 April 1988 (New York City, NY, USA)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
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From Hopi language: powaq = sorcerer + qatsi = life; means an entity, a way of life that consumes the life forces of other beings in order to further its own life.
In the same vein as "Koyaanisqatsi, " "Powaqqatsi" is a film without actors or dialogue. His language is pure image and music. It was filmed in 12 countries on five continents. It shows the world "developing", based on work and production of natural resources, where cultural diversity and sustainable prosperity are stalked by the industrial culture and lifestyle technology (the sorcerer negative). Although the director says it is only a neutral record of how life changes. "... That's all it is. It is neither good nor bad ... "

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