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A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
Marlon Brando
- Self
- (archive footage)
Elton John
- Self
- (archive footage)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Self
- (archive footage)
Troy Aikman
- Self (at Super Bowl XXX)
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
The Beatles
- Themselves
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Osama bin Laden
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Fidel Castro
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Warren Christopher
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Bill Clinton
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
The Dalai Lama
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Thomas A. Edison
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Albert Einstein
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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- TriviaThe film's title has three meanings according to the closing credits. They are (1) a life of killing each other (2) war as a way of life and (3) civilized violence (interpretation).
- Crazy creditsStudio Feng Shui ... Marti Lovell
- ConnectionsEdited from Buffalo Running (1883)
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Good third entry
Welcome to the digital age, a world of speed, cultural hybridity, multi media, and perceptual overload, all of which are expressed beautifully in Godfrey Reggio's third entry Naqoyquatsi.
This one is vastly different from the previous two. Wheras Koyaanisqatsi and Powaquatsi were done in the real world, much of Naqoyqatsi is done on the computer. Using just about every computer graphic available at the time, Naqoyqatsi feels more like a piece of art than the other two. After deciding that Powaqatsi was a dud, I was pleased to see that Godfrey Reggio made a recovery. Naqoyqatsi is almost on par with it's fore father Koyanisquatsi, although depending on which on you see first, you may prefer this one. This one strikes me as less epic than Koyanis, in part because it's faster editing allows for much more advanced montages which are so overwhelming at times that they occasionally provoke headache.
The message behind this film is the way humanity is a competitive species. I think Alfred Adler would adore this movie. One of Freud's students, he believed that the human condition is based on seeking superiority. Naqoyqatsi shows us two forms of competition. One is sporting events, and the other is physical war and fighting.
Phillip Glass once again, works his musical magic, although it seems like some of the score was borrowed from Koyaanisqatsi. Together, Reggio and Glass have provided a trilogy of sights and sounds that defy all the conventions of cinema, to favour aesthetics.
This one is vastly different from the previous two. Wheras Koyaanisqatsi and Powaquatsi were done in the real world, much of Naqoyqatsi is done on the computer. Using just about every computer graphic available at the time, Naqoyqatsi feels more like a piece of art than the other two. After deciding that Powaqatsi was a dud, I was pleased to see that Godfrey Reggio made a recovery. Naqoyqatsi is almost on par with it's fore father Koyanisquatsi, although depending on which on you see first, you may prefer this one. This one strikes me as less epic than Koyanis, in part because it's faster editing allows for much more advanced montages which are so overwhelming at times that they occasionally provoke headache.
The message behind this film is the way humanity is a competitive species. I think Alfred Adler would adore this movie. One of Freud's students, he believed that the human condition is based on seeking superiority. Naqoyqatsi shows us two forms of competition. One is sporting events, and the other is physical war and fighting.
Phillip Glass once again, works his musical magic, although it seems like some of the score was borrowed from Koyaanisqatsi. Together, Reggio and Glass have provided a trilogy of sights and sounds that defy all the conventions of cinema, to favour aesthetics.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Naqoyqatsi: Life as War
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $133,058
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,154
- Oct 20, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $155,640
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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