Qatsi trilogy

[Jsf]

Description : Realisation and scenario: Godfrey Reggio. Music: Philip Glass.

On the lign between cinema and audiovisual trance, Naqoyqatsi is the first film of the trilogy Qatsi that started in the middle of the 60'. Godfrey Reggio, an adept of meditation and a man who spent a few years in silence and contemplation, wanted to create a kind of new cinematic language, without story, without dialogue, giving a interior glance on the world. Koyaanisqatsi, with the hypnotic music of Philip Glass, show the beauty of the earth and the wild development of our frantic lifes dominated with technology.

Titles are from the Hopie language :

powaqqatsi [powakkatsi] n. (of powaq, sorcerer, et qatsi, life). Name given by the Indian Hopi of North America to a manner of being, an entity, who feed on the vital forces of other beings in the purpose of favor is own existence.

 

[Johnno]

Yes great movies and soundtracks. Koyaanaqatsi is gorgeous. Powaqaatsi was more a shock, I haven't seen the third.

Hopi would look kind of crazy too if filmed in fast motion :)

 

[SocietyoftheSpectacle]

the FIRST,
9 part Play LIST.
1 of the best Films EVER,

Koyaanisqatsi, also known as Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance, is a 1982 film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke. The film consists primarily of slow motion and time-lapse photography of cities and many natural landscapes across the United States. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and music. In the Hopi language, the word Koyaanisqatsi means 'crazy life, life in turmoil, life out of balance, life disintegrating, a state of life that calls for another way of living', and the film implies that modern humanity is living in such a way. The film is the first in the Qatsi trilogy of films: it is followed by Powaqqatsi (1988) and Naqoyqatsi (2002). The trilogy depicts different aspects of the relationship between humans, nature, and technology. Koyaanisqatsi is the best known of the trilogy and is considered a cult film.

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[Faith]

I like these kind of movies. Also worth mentioning, I think, is BARAKA directed by Ron Fricke, who also worked on Koyaanisqatsi. TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSfFHxyYJJA

Originally shot in 25 countries on six continents, Baraka brought together a series of stunningly photographed scenes to capture what director Ron Fricke calls "a guided mediation on humanity." It was a shoot of unprecedented technical, logistical and bureaucratic scope that would take 30 months to complete, including 14 months on location, with a custom-built computerized 65mm camera.

"The goal of the film," says producer Mark Magidson, "was to reach past language. nationality, religion and politics and speak to the inner viewer."

"Baraka" is a Sufi word meaning "a blessing, or the breath, or the essence of life, from which the evolutionary process unfolds." In Islam generally, it is "a quality or force emanating originally from Allah but capable of transmission to objects or to human beings."

WHOLE MOVIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btds6k0XlEQ

 

[Divide by Zero]

I just watched Powaqqatsi (1988) and Naqoyqatsi (2002) and so far am humbled.

Deep and pertinent meanings of the words given from Hopi language!
It seems the first calls the warning (bolded) and second and third movies go deeper into the STS rabbit hole, where we are ending up these days.

Koyaanisqatsi = 1) crazy life 2) life in turmoil 3) life out of balance 4) life disintegrating 5) a state of life that calls for another way of living

Powaqqatsi =an entity, a way of life, that consumes the life forces of other beings in order to further it's own life.

Naqoyqatsi = 1)a life of killing each other 2)war as a way of life