Naqoyqatsi [trailer] (2002)

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Also know "Naqoyqatsi: Life as War"
Directed by Godfrey Reggio
Written by Godfrey Reggio
Original Music by Philip Glass
Release: 21 Jan 2003 (Czech Republic), preview 2 Sep 2002 in Telluride Film Festival (USA)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
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From Hopi language: a life of killing each other, war as a way of life, "civilized" violence.
"Naqoyqatsi" is the final film from the Hopi's-trilogy by Godfrey Reggio.
Technological globalization that destroys the heterogeneous and the realm of virtual reality dethroned. Technology not as a means or a hope, but as an end in itself, as a way of life... that opens the door to tragedy... of and can not live without it, because everything else ended up with his "civilized" violence.
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Powaqqatsi [trailer] (1988)

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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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The Grid [excerpt] (1982)

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Music by Philip Glass
Conducted by Michael Riesman
Performed by The Philip Glass Ensemble
Chorus: The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble
... And a great cast.

Clip taken from “Koyaanisqatsi” (1982), first film from the Hopi's-trilogy by Godfrey Reggio.
"The Grid" is the longest sequence of the film is over twenty minutes despite the speed of the shots, faster than in general contributes to shape in less time what it seeks to convey. The speed is the speed of modern life.
Despite the film acceleration moon with this quiet peaceful place healthy and natural rhythm, creating a sharp contrast with crowds of people who, deprived of time to question it, are anonymous players in a frantic pace meaningless.
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Philip Glass - Godfrey Reggio's Trilogy - Qatsi

Godfrey Reggio con música de Philip Glass concertó imágenes de larga actualidad... 25 años pasaron... bajo el sol... y están ahí...
Ko.yaa.nis.qatsi >> expresión de la lengua HOPI . +info
Los significados aproximados, ya que traducir --sea la lengua (idioma) que sea-- es "imposible" son:
1) VIDA LOCA
2) VIDA EN CONFUSIÓN
3) VIDA DESINTEGRADA
4) VIDA DESEQUILIBRADA
5) ESTADO DE VIDA QUE EXIGE OTRO MODO DE VIVIR
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... mucho antes que nos importe un "Kyoto" (1997), acuerdo donde ya se veía que las cosas iban mas bien para el protoculo...)
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Koyaanisqatsi [trailer] (1982)

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Also know “Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance”.
Directed by Godfrey Reggio
Written by Ron Fricke, Michael Hoenig, Godfrey Reggio & Alton Walpole
Original music by Philip Glass
Release: 24 Aug 1983 (France), first preview 27 Apr 1982 in Santa Fe Film Festival (USA)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
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From Hopi language: crazy life, life in turmoil, life disintegrating, life out of balance, a state of life that calls for another way of living.
“Koyaanisqatsi” is a film without actors or words. Are 87 minutes of natural landscapes, artificial cities and people in their everyday life, all with stunning images of the actual speed change, managed at the discretion of the director. The management of the shots, that is your approach or distancing, increased speed, as well as music, are tools that can occupy that place “emptiness” of dialogue or narration. This experimental language film truly is much more communicative than the traditional language, largely because it is more primitive, more sensory and less intellectual.
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Serra Pelada (1988)

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Music by Philip Glass (release 1987)
Conducted by Michael Riesman
Performers: Hispanic Young People's Chorus; Percussion Ensemble: Joe Passaro, Sue Evans, Roger Squitero and Valerie Naranjo; Bass Voice: Al Deruiter.
... And a great cast.

From OST “Powaqqatsi” (1988) by Philip Glass
Clip taken from “Powaqqatsi”, second film “Qatsi” from the Hopi's-trilogy by Godfrey Reggio.
“Serra Pelada” is a gold mine in Pará (Brazil) whose images are the opening of the documentary. Sandbags with tiny golden proportions are carried in lay procession human beings seem rather slave workers. At the end of the scene miners try to help a comrade beaten by a falling rock, while denouncing the poor conditions of work also symbolizes the “impact of progress”.

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Primacy Of Number (2002)

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Music by Philip Glass
Cello solos by Yo-Yo Ma
Conducted by Michael Riesman
Orchestra: The Philip Glass Ensemble
Performers: Michael Riesman (Keyboards), Lisa Bielawa (Voice soprano), Jon Gibson (Saxo soprano), Richard Peck (Saxo tenor).

From OST “Naqoyqatsi” (2002) by Philip Glass.

Clip taken from “Naqoyqatsi”, final film “Qatsi” from the Hopi's-trilogy by Godfrey Reggio.
Visual whirl about digital technology (as a consequence of “number”), also images of the calamities that come with knowledge and even a simple discovery. More promptly than any other area, the available knowledge serves an ancient and insane human activity (but without humanity): the war.

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Anima Mundi (1992)

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The title "Anima Mundi" conjures up a harmonic principle controlling the laws of life on earth in all its various forms and relationships, a marvelous balanced and harmonious Whole
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Directed by Godfrey Reggio
Written by Godfrey Reggio
Original Music by Philip Glass
Release: 7 May 1993 (New York), preview Feb 1992 in Bombay International Film Festival (India)
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA

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A poetic combination of music and images created from the finest existing footage from the naturalist film field, interwoven with original images and accompanied by a continuous soundtrack.
Designed to celebrate the Biological Diversity Campaign of WWF (World Wildlife Fund)

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Philip Glass - Anima Mundi [OST] (1993)

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Platón en "Timeo", fue el primero en ofrecer una descripción completa del concepto de Anima Mundi, transpasando así la antigua mitología:

"... Por lo tanto, por consiguiente, se puede declarar que: este mundo es realmente un ser vivo dotado de un alma e inteligencia ... una entidad particular visible que contiene todas las otras entidades vivientes, que por su naturaleza están todas relacionadas."
Platón, Timeo 29-30, Siglo 4 A.C.

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The Journey
The Ark
The Garden
The Beginning
Living Waters
Perpetual Motion
The Witness
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Released 1992
Directed by Godfrey Reggio (writer)
Music by Philip Glass
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Violin: Sanford Allen, Timothy Baker, Mayuki Fukuhara, Mary Rowell, Masako Yanagita
Viola: Stephanie Fricker, Jill Jaffe
Cello: Larry Lenske
Bass: Barbara Wilson
Flute: Carol Wincenc
Piccolo: Timothy Malosh
Clarinet: Steven Hartman
0boe: Leonard Arner
French Horn: Sharon Moe, Alien Spanjer
Trumpet: William Rohdin, Lee Soper
Trombone: Dennis Elliot, Alan Raph
Percussion: Rex Benincasa
VOICES
Soprano: Jeannie Gagné, Dora Ohrenstein
Alto: Patricia Dunham, Linda November
Tenor: David Düsing, David Frye
Baritone: Alexander Blachly, Bruce Rogers

Original Music by Philip Glass.
Music Coordinator: Francis Kuipers
Music Consultant: Oderso Rubin
Conducted by Michael Riesman
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