An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
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An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
Plot Keywords:
industrialization | nature | poverty | experimental film | second part |Taglines:
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8 September 1988 (Netherlands) See more »Also Known As:
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$2,500,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$589,244Company Credits
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Golan-Globus Productions, NorthSouth, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education See more »
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Koyaanisqatsi, which is Powaq's predecessor and successor, is my all-time favorite film. It has the beautiful cinematography of Ron Fricke and Godfrey Reggio with the wonderfully-timed score of Philip Glass merged into an emotion-evoking, powerfully mindblowing cinematic experience, after which the viewer feels weak. But watching this, I appreciated the wonderful cinematography and the--ahem--interesting music, but it evoked no emotions inside me, and I felt I hadn't learned anything from it except the things we see in those "You, too, can sponsor a child" television ads. It's quite an experience, and I don't wholly denounce it or condemn it, but I wouldn't expect another Koyaanisqatsi. I hope Naqoyqatsi has "packs the same emotional wallop" of the original.