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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.