Powaqqatsi

Edition no. 641

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MGM Home Entertainment
Directed by: Godfrey Reggio
Five years after Godfrey Reggio stunned audiences with Koyaanisqatsi, he again joined forces with composer Philip Glass and other collaborators for a second chapter. Here, Reggio turns his sights on third-world nations in the Southern Hemisphere. Forgoing the sped-up aesthetic of the first film, Powaqqatsi employs a meditative slow motion in order to reveal the beauty of the traditional ways of life in those parts of the planet, and to show how cultures there are being eroded as their environments are taken over by industry. This is the most intensely spiritual segment of Reggio’s philosophical and visually remarkable Qatsi Trilogy.

Technical Specifications

Format: DVD
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Anamorphic)
Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround
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Subtitles: English
Region: 1
Discs: 1 Disc |  DVD-9
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Supplements

  • Impact of Progress, an interview program with Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass on their collaboration
  • Inspiration and Ideas, a new interview with Godfrey Reggio about his greatest influences and teachers
  • Public television interview with Godfrey Reggio from 1989 about the trilogy
  • Anima Mundi (1992), Reggio’s twenty-eight-minute montage of footage of over seventy animal species, scored by Glass
  • Trailer

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