Powaqqatsi (1988)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Godfrey Reggio

Escritores:

Godfrey Reggio (writer)
Ken Richards (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

23 febrero 1989 (Australia)

Género:

Documental

Frase comercial:

Life in Transformation

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Children | Industry | Progress | Child

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Educational

Reparto

Christie Brinkley	...	(archive footage)
David Brinkley	...	(archive footage)
Pope John Paul II	...	(archive footage)
Dan Rather	...	(archive footage)
Cheryl Tiegs	...	(archive footage)

También conocida como:

Northsouth: Life on the Edge (USA) (working title)
Powwaqatsi: Life in Transformation (USA) (poster title)

Duración:

99 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Hopi | Inglés | Español

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby SR

Clasificación:

Australia:G | Finland:S (2004) | UK:U | Sweden:Btl | USA:G | Germany:6 | Singapore:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bhaktapur, Nepal

Compañía:

Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education

Trivialidades:

As this film is more international in flavor than its predecessor, "Koyaanisqatsi", the music by Philip Glass reflects this and draws its themes from other cultures.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress (2002) (V)

Educational

Koyannisqatsi wasn't a copy of anything, so why would anyone expect Powaqqatsi to be a copy of it? Fortunately, I saw this film on the big screen without seeing its predecessor, and I was delighted. The movie begins with a shot of an African diamond mine. You see a miner ascending a ladder in slow-motion, carrying a bag of mud on shoulders, accompanied by a heavy, pounding music. The effects and the music work together to highlight the miner's tiredness and strain. Other images follow, most of them from the "third world." In each case the focus is not a thing, but a quality.

Powaqqatsi revolutionized my concept of the world -- Go ahead and laugh! The film shows a vastness and variety and energy in the world that was beyond anything I could have imagined when I went into the theater. Everything is presented for what it is; there's no Western narrator to reassure you and tell you what everything means. There is perhaps no higher praise for a film than saying it changed the way I think, and Powaqqatsi deserves that praise.