An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
Credited cast: | |||
Christie Brinkley | ... | (archive footage) | |
David Brinkley | ... | (archive footage) | |
Pope John Paul II | ... | (archive footage) | |
Dan Rather | ... | (archive footage) | |
Cheryl Tiegs | ... | (archive footage) |
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
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.