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The qatsi trilogy

Title
The qatsi trilogy / directed by Godfrey Reggio.
ISBN
9781604656701
1604656700
9781604656725
1604656727
9781604656749
1604656743
9781604656763
160465676X
Edition
Blu-ray ed.
Published
[New York] : Criterion Collection, 2012.
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (274 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (36 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
Notes
Description and collective title from container.
"Director approved"--Container.
Koyaanisqatsi originally released as a motion picture in 1983. Powaqqatsi originally released as a motion picture in 1988. Naqoyqatsi originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
Special features (Koyaanisqatsi): Essence of life, an interview program with Reggio and composer Philip Glass on Koyaanisqatsi; new interview with cinematographer Ron Fricke; television spots and a new interview with Reggio relating to his 1970s multimedia privacy campaign in New Mexico; early demo version of Koyaanisqatsi with a partial scratch soundtrack featuring poet Allen Ginsberg, along with a new introduction by Reggio; new interview with Reggio about the film's original visual concept; trailer.
Special features (Powaqqatsi): Impact of progress, an interview program with Reggio and composer philip Glass on their collaboration; Inspiration and ideas, a new interview with Reggio about his greatest infleunces and teachers; public television interview with Reggio from 1989 about the trilogy; Alma mundi (1992), Reggio's twenty-eight-minute montage of footage of over severy animal species, scored by Glass; trailer.
Special features (Naqoyqatsi): New video afterword by Reggio about the trilogy; The making of "Naqoyqatsi," a brief documentary featuring interviews with the production crew; panel discussion on the film from 2003 with Reggio, composer Philip Glass, editor Jon Kane and music critic John Rockwell; interview with Glass and cellist Yo-Yo Ma; trailer.
Koyaanisqatsi: Director of photography, Ron Fricke ; editor, Alton Walpole, Ron Fricke ; music, Philip Glass.
Powaqqatsi: Directors of photography, Graham Berry, Leonidas Zourdoumis ; editors, Iris Cahn, Alton Walpole ; music, Philip Glass.
Naqoyqatsi: Director of photography, Russell Lee Fine ; editor and visual designer, Jon Kane ; music, Philip Glass ; cello solos, Yo-Yo Ma.
Summary
"Astonishingly photographed, and featuring unforgettable, cascading scores by Philip Glass, these are immersive sensory experiences that meditate on the havoc humankind's obsession with technological advancement has wreaked on our world"--Container.
Variant and related titles
Koyaanisqatsi : life out of balance
Powaqqatsi : life in transformation
Naqoyqatsi. : life as war
Life out of balance
Life in transformation
Life as war
Essence of life.
Impact of progress.
Inspiration and ideas.
Alma mundi.
Making of "Naqoyqatsi."
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 16, 2017
Series
Criterion collection ; 639-642.
Criterion collection ; 639-642
Credits
Koyaanisqatsi: Director of photography, Ron Fricke ; editor, Alton Walpole, Ron Fricke ; music, Philip Glass.
Powaqqatsi: Directors of photography, Graham Berry, Leonidas Zourdoumis ; editors, Iris Cahn, Alton Walpole ; music, Philip Glass.
Naqoyqatsi: Director of photography, Russell Lee Fine ; editor and visual designer, Jon Kane ; music, Philip Glass ; cello solos, Yo-Yo Ma.
System details note
Blu-ray, Region A; DTS-HD master audio, 5.1 surround.
Contents
[Disc 1, v. 1] Koyaanisqatsi / Francis Ford Coppola presents ; an IRE presentation ; produced and directed by Godfrey Reggio ; scenario Ron Fricke [and others] (86 min., 1983, 1.85:1).
[Disc 2, v. 2] Powaqqatsi / a Golan-Globus production ; a Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas presentation ; directed by Godfrey Reggio ; produced by Mel Lawrence, Godfrey Reggio, Lawrence Taub ; written by Godfrey Reggio and Ken Richards (99 min., 1988, 1.85:1).
[Disc 3, v. 3] Naqoyqatsi / Miramax Films and Steven Soderbergh present ; writer and director, Godfrey Reggio ; producers, Joe Beirne, Godfrey Reggio, Lawrence Taub (89 min., 2002, 1.78:1).
Videorecording number
CC2211BD Criterion Collection
CC2212BD Criterion Collection
CC2213BD Criterion Collection
CC2214BD Criterion Collection
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Experimental films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Experimental films.
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