Qatsi Collection

Number of Movies: 3

Overview

A series of three films produced by Godfrey Reggio and scored by Philip Glass. The titles of all three films are words from the language of the Hopi people, in which the word "qatsi" means "life".

Featured Cast

Marlon Brando

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Elton John

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Madonna

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fidel Castro

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paul McCartney

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ringo Starr

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George Harrison

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

3 Movies

Koyaanisqatsi

April 27, 1983

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

Powaqqatsi

April 29, 1988

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

Naqoyqatsi

September 2, 2002

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

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