Naqoyqatsi: life as war / a Miramax Films and Steven Soderbergh presentation.
In this cinematic concert, mesmerizing images are plucked from everyday reality, then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques. The result is a chronicle of the shift from a world organized by the principles of nature to one dominated by technology, the synthetic and the virtual. Ex...
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| Format: | DVD/Blu-Ray |
| Language: | English |
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South Yarra, Vic. :
Buena Vista,
[2004]
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| Online Access: | Click here to view full credits at IMDb.com |
| Summary: | In this cinematic concert, mesmerizing images are plucked from everyday reality, then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques. The result is a chronicle of the shift from a world organized by the principles of nature to one dominated by technology, the synthetic and the virtual. Extremes of intimacy and spectacle, tragedy and hope fuse in a tidal wave of visuals and music, giving rise to a unique, artistic experience that reflects the vision of a brave new globalized world. |
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| Item Description: | Catalogued from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. Special features: featurette: Life is war ; Music of Naqoyqatsi: a conversation with Philip Glass and Yo-Yo Ma ; Koyaanisqatsi trailer ; Powaqatsi trailer ; New York University panel discussion. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 85 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm Complete credits available at IMDb.com. |
| Format: | DVD dual layered ; widescreen 1.85:1 ; 16:9 transfer ; encoded for region 4 ; PAL. |
| Audience: | G - Suitable for general audiences. Censorship classification (NZ): G. |
| Production Credits: | Writer and director, Godfrey Reggio ; producers, Joe Beirne, Godfrey Reggio, Lawrence Taub ; music composed by Philip Glass ; cello solos, Yo-Yo Ma ; music and sound producer, Kurt Munkacsi ; conductor, Michael Riesman ; director of photography, Russell Lee Fine. |