Koyaanisqatsi / Powaqqatsi DVD

Koyaanisqatsi / Powaqqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi / Powaqqatsi

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Release Date: 13 January 2003

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Certificate:
  • PG
Special Features:
  • 'Essence of life' documentary with interviews with Godfrey Reggio and Philip Gla
Region:
  • Region 2
Aspect Ratio:
  • Aspect Ratio 16:9
Number of Disks:
  • 2
Main Language:
  • English

Description

Koyaanisqatsi
Prepare to experience a truly remarkable film - a cinematic masterpiece so extraordinary that it regales the senses, stimulates the mind and actually redefines the potential of filmmaking. Celebrated director Godfrey Reggio, innovative cinematographer Ron Fricke and Golden Globe Winning composer Philip Glass have created a spellbinding film so rich in beauty and detail that with each viewing it becomes a new and different film.
Unique, profound, mesmerizing, and thought-provoking, Koyaanisqatsi contrasts the tranquil beauty of nature with the frenzied hum of contemporary urban society. Uniting breathtaking imagery with a hauntingly evocative, award winning score, it is original and fascinating.
Powaqqatsi
Hailed by audiences and critics around the world as mesmerizing, this second instalment of writer/director Godfrey Reggio's apocalyptic "qatsi" trilogy is quite simply one of the most magnificent visual and aural spectacles ever made. Combining stunning cinematography with the exquisite music of award winning composer Philip Glass, Powaqqatsi is a breathtaking experience working on many levels - emotional, spiritual, intellectual and aesthetic!
Bold, haunting and epic in scale, this extraordinary film calls into question everything we think we know about contemporary society. By juxtaposing images of ancient cultures with those of modern life, Powaqqatsi masterfully portrays the human cost of progress. It is a film that engages the soul as well as the mind - it is truly an absorbing experience.

Special Features

  • 'Essence of life' documentary with interviews with Godfrey Reggio and Philip Gla