Directed by:
Godfrey ReggioScreenplay:
Godfrey ReggioCinematography:
Russell Lee FineComposer:
Philip GlassCast:
Marlon Brando, Elton John, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Madonna, Steven Soderbergh, Osama bin Laden, Fidel Castro, Bill Clinton, Tenzin Gyatso, Thomas A. Edison (more)VOD (1)
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Godfrey Reggio takes on the digital revolution in the final chapter of his Qatsi Trilogy. Through a variety of cinematic techniques, including slow motion, time-lapse, computer- generated imagery, and found footage, the film tells of a world that has completed the transition from the natural to the artificial. Globalization has been accomplished, all of our interactions are technologically mediated, and all images are manipulated. From this (virtual) reality, Reggio sculpts a frenetic yet ruminative portrait of an era in which the cacophony of “communication” has rendered humankind effectively postlanguage. (Criterion)
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An hour and a half long video clip reflecting the current stage of human society, to whose dogmas, unfortunately, the director himself is subject in some places. But otherwise brilliant...
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I can't help but find this film most interesting in terms of what was depicted, specifically in what collage and with what tools were used (filtering, blending, which is truly captivating in the artistic works at the end), but otherwise, the film doesn't have much narrative power for me. One can think about it, but one can think about anything in this way, because everything can stir one's imagination.
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