Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Koyaanisqatsi

somewhere in the beginning of the 80's, years before Al Gore and his book (and then a movie) An Inconvenient Truth showed us who is the responsible for the upcoming environmental disasters, Godfrey Reggio, with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke, created the movie Koyaanisqatsi (1982). the meaning of the word in the Hopi language means 'crazy' life, life in turmoil, life out of balance, life disintegrating or a way of life that calls for another way of living' (referring to the modern life). the film consists primarily of photography of cities and many natural landscapes across the US showing different aspects of the relationship between humans, nature, and technology. the film was followed by two others - Powaqqatsi (1988) and Nagoyqatsi (2002) creating the Qatsi trilogy. definitely something to see in Copenhagen, today.

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