Qatsi Trilogy to be Completed

Karl_Hungus writes "Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi, the first two installments of Reggio and Glass' trilogy are to be joined by Naqoyqatsi, due out next month. Naqoy.com has some stills, and some fascinating Flash. A brief discussion of the technical side includes the figure of 3.5 terabytes of images collected in the making of the film."

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Here is director Godfrey Reggio's commentary on Naqoyqatsi:

"So forget science fiction. We now live the fiction of science. We are now, not in some remote future, cyborgs. We are at one with our environment - we are technology. In this wonderland, freedom becomes the pursuit of our technological happiness. Our standard of living is predicated on commodity consumption, as the shibboleth of the new religion is 'pray for more'."

I find this more than a little patronizing and offensive. The style of the *quatsi films is to contrast long, lovingly photographed, breathtaking footage of natural landscapes and phenomena with speeded-up and otherwise *tweaked* footage (complete with silly-sounding background music) so as to somehow illustrate the ALIENATION of TECHNOLOGICAL MAN or some such nonsense.

It is clear from his comments and style of filmmaking that Reggio is not the least bit interested in exploring why people might find technology FASCINATING. Nor does he pay the scantest attention to how many people are selflessly working to use technology to PRESERVE the environment he so clearly reveres, and HELP the indigenous humyns he empathizes with.

Instead, Reggio uses his considerable talents, budget, and technology to develop one-sided propaganda that belittles ordinary consumers (so inferior to big important filmmakers and composers!) and preaches to the choir.