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The Qatsi Trilogy (Koyaanisqatsi/Powaqqatsi/Naqoyqatsi)(The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
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Genre | Special Interests, Cult Movies |
Format | Blu-ray |
Contributor | Godfrey Reggio |
Language | English |
Runtime | 4 hours and 34 minutes |
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Product Description
A singular artist and activist, Godfrey Reggio is best known for his galvanizing trio of films The Qatsi Trilogy. Astonishingly photographed, and featuring unforgettable, cascading scores by Philip Glass (Mishima), these are immersive sensory experiences that meditate on the havoc humankind’s fascination with technology has wreaked on our world. From 1983’s Koyaanisqatsi (the title is a Hopi word that means “life out of balance”) to 1988’s Powaqqatsi (“life in transformation”) to 2002’s Naqoyqatsi (“life as war”), Reggio takes us on an edifying journey from the ancient to the contemporary, from nature to industry and back again, all the while keeping our eyes wide with wonder.
KOYAANISQATSI
An unorthodox work in every way, Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi was nevertheless a sensation when it was released in 1983. The film wordlessly surveys the rapidly changing environments of the northern hemisphere. The director, cinematographer Ron Fricke, and composer Philip Glass created an astonishing collage; the film shuttles the viewer from one jaw-dropping vision to the next, moving from images of untouched nature to others depicting human beings’ increasing reliance on technology. Often using hypnotic time-lapse photography, Koyaanisqatsi looks at our world from an angle unlike any other.
1983
- 86 minutes
- Color
- 5.1 surround
- 1.85:1 aspect ratio
POWAQQATSI
Five years after Godfrey Reggio stunned audiences with Koyaanisqatsi, he joined forces again with composer Philip Glass and other collaborators for a second chapter. Here, Reggio turns his sights on third world nations in the southern hemisphere. Forgoing the sped-up aesthetic of the first film, Powaqqatsi employs a meditative slow motion in order to reveal the everyday beauty of the traditional ways of life of native people in Africa, Asia, and South America, and to show how those cultures are being eroded as their environment is gradually taken over by industry. This is the most intensely spiritual segment of Reggio’s philosophical and visually remarkable Qatsi Trilogy.
1988
- 99 minutes
- Color
- 5.1 surround
- 1.85:1 aspect ratio
NAQOYQATSI
Godfrey Reggio takes on the digital revolution in the final chapter of his Qatsi Trilogy, Naqoyqatsi. With a variety of cinematic techniques, including slow motion, time-lapse, and computer-generated imagery, the film tells of a world that has completely transitioned from a natural environment to a human-made one. Globalization is complete, all of our interactions are technologically mediated, and all images are manipulated. From this (virtual) reality, Reggio sculpts a frenetic yet ruminative cinematic portrait of a world that has become officially postlanguage.
2002
- 89 minutes
- Color
- 5.1 surround
- 1.78:1 aspect ratio
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.77:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 10.72 ounces
- Audio Description: : English
- Item model number : 715515100618
- Director : Godfrey Reggio
- Media Format : Blu-ray
- Run time : 4 hours and 34 minutes
- Release date : December 11, 2012
- Subtitles: : English, German
- Studio : Criterion Collection
- ASIN : B009D004MC
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 3
- Best Sellers Rank: #9,715 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #18 in Special Interests (Movies & TV)
- #21 in Documentary (Movies & TV)
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This trilogy leaves me with a lot of ideas to want to talk about- it's an experience and not just an idea of course, but it's the realization that one can't exactly live that "other" world that is being eroded as portrayed in Koyaanisqaatsi and Powaqqatsi. I can feel empathy when I see these movies but I tend to get distracted by technology to have an interest in cultural life for a very long time. This trilogy is made by people who not only are aware of life before the 1980s, but are able to portray it as if we were there too. This movie makes me want to understand life before the immortal magician of technology has gotten our attention on a regular, or at least semi-regular basis. Not many movies have done this. At the same time, I'm not someone who watches as many movies as I used to, thus the reason I'm writing this is because it's a breath of fresh air that I've discovered a work of art that uses the medium in an alternative way. I'm unsure how often movies like this get made- surely there is lots of other content that has a different view- this one is grand in many ways. It's my hesitance to want to expose myself to much more after finding something with so much replay value. It provokes, it makes me think. The movies are a meditation on life. At worst, it's better than a screensaver to watch on my computer. At best, it's the reminder of what's missing- it's a guide or a gateway to the world that never was. I wouldn't be surprised if movies like this became more popular, because the format of many trailers today- short clips to entertain us without doing much more, don't go deep like these movies do. They suggest that another way of life is possible, despite all pessimism and naysaying. It only requires a patience- the drumbeat of a movie without dialogue or "plot" will appear absent, but it's there- it's just natural- your own heartbeat. This movie is similar to the art project of Cristian Marclay and his 24hr clock film exhibit. It is a timescape, as is Chronos- but is more focused on themes other than time, without mentioning them- and they're well known, but the great difference is that this movie allows us to feel those themes. Powaqqatsi captures a great glimpse of the developing world, which, if it is to believed, is following the shadow of the industrialized world, yet some are ignorant of it, and are either blissful or foolish or both. It appears the first film is in 35mm while the 2nd is in 70mm, but they are both high quality- better than DVD. I'd agree with another reviewer that Koyaanisqaatsi captures a larger vision- it is about the North (Western culture too that seems), but it does it in a way that is able to reveal a lot about the old way of life, not having to show the "3rd world" but merely by showing us in another light. We look like eusocial ants at times- bustling through train stations and intersections in metropolises and in that way it exposes our primitive ways in a comfortable and sometimes humorous portrayal. The soundtracks are no less than spectacular- I've heard other stuff by Philip Glass, including Satyagraha, so it's a pleasant addition to my impression and perhaps a very selective on at that based on how reluctant I am to seek out other great films when there's a lot more to analyze and think about with these. To emphasize, but not summarize a timescape movie or technique as used in this trilogy offers the viewer a greater vantage about their position in life, and gave me many ideas about the meaning of life. That it's a wide and diverse thing(s), and that it's often changing, and that some things appear very vital yet are fading. It makes me want to not watch another formulaic trailer again, or simply access this way of life enough to feel like I'm not missing out on something human.
Three of my favorite films of all time, "The Qatsi Trilogy" is a work of art that virtually nothing else can compare to. A series of gorgeous films, not documentaries (though some have called them this) but moving, living art, that depicts man and Earth's relationship, man and society's relationship, and man and machine's relationship.
"Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance" delves into the beauty of the planet, and man's intrusion upon it. As in all three films, time lapse photography, stunning aerial footage, and some of the most brilliant cinematography you will ever witness (by Ron Fricke, director of Baraka, which is a distillation of this trilogy in my eyes), will keep you in awe and wonder, from first frame to last.
Add to that, three lush soundtracks by Phillip Glass (with an amazing performance by Yo-Yo Ma on "Naqoyqatsi") and Godfrey Reggio's stunning vision, captured and created over two decades, and you have a stellar work of art, that is truly incomparable. There is no dialogue in ANY of these films, but an epic tale is told nonetheless.
"Powaqatsi - Life in Transformation" reaches back to ancient civilization and on into the present, questioning everything we refer to as "progress." What is the price we pay for "advancement," and how do we (and the planet) lose out by the steps we take to move forward?
"Naqoyqatsi - Life as War" brings us into the computer age, where technology, war, and the threat of war, is infused into every aspect of our lives. It makes a point of revealing how we have learned, and accepted, to rely on machinery to run our lives and often run amok. While I haven't had three decades to delve into this film, as I have "Koyaaniqatsi," I am sure that there is so much more for me to learn, and decipher, from this amazing piece of work. Though still managing to be stunningly beautiful, I have found this the hardest of the trilogy to watch, the sense of doom and devastation being palpable throughout.
I hope this helps those wondering what "The Qatsi trilogy" is, and I cannot recommend any films more than I can these. I am a photographer, and I KNOW that these films have guided me, and helped create my artistic vision more than anything else in my life.
I believe that anyone that loves film, anyone that feels the loss humanity has experienced as we move further away from a society based upon nature and "being at one" with the planet, and anyone that does not need dialogue to have a story told to you, will adore these films as much as I have. Do not hesitate to make this trilogy a part of your collection, you cannot go wrong when a masterpiece is being offered to you.
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Entrando ya al contenido como tal, escuchar el soundtrack de Philip Glass en loosless es fascinante, en verdad; lamentablemente si no se cuenta con un buen sistema de teatro en casa se pierde un poco la experiencia sonora. Resalto muchísimo los extras, sobre todo en "Naqoyqatsi", ya que viene una excelente edición restaurada del documental "Anima Mundi". Como era de esperar, extras muy nutridos como las entrevistas con Regio, Glass, Yo - Yo Ma y Friecke (de quien espero Criterion edite su trilogía compuesta por "Baraka", "Chronos" y "Samsara") y, lo mejor, creo sigue siendo el demo de Koyaanisqatsi con parte de algunos poemas escritos y leídos por Allen Ginsberg.
Vale mucho, mucho, mucho la pena por el hecho de haber sido editada por Criterion. La cosa es literalmente cazar el mejor precio. En el caso muy específico de México la diferencia entre semanas oscilaba entre los $700 y hasta $1850 pesos. En tiendas de la CDMX, se cotiza mínimo a $1500. Incluye envío gratuito que me hizo tenerla en menos de una semana.