Powaqqatsi (1988)

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Directed by

Godfrey Reggio

Starring

Christie Brinkley
(archive footage)

David Brinkley
(archive footage)

Pope John Paul II
(archive footage)

Dan Rather
(archive footage)

Cheryl Tiegs
(archive footage)

Written by

Godfrey Reggio
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Description: Powaqqatsi, or "life in transformation," is the second part of a projected trilogy of experimental documentaries whose titles derive from Hopi compound nouns. Reggio reuses techniques familiar from the previous film (slow motion, time-lapse, superposition) to dramatize the effects of the so-called First World on the Third: displacement, pollution, alienation. But he spends as much time beautifully depicting what various cultures have lost--cooperative living, a sense of joy in labor, and religious values--as he does confronting viewers with trains, airliners, coal cars, and loneliness. What had been a more or less peac ... (more)

Release date: 8 September 1988
UPC: 027616878946

Tags: Documentary (7), Music (4), 1980s (4), 1988 (4), Nepal (3), Peru (3), Poverty (3), Egypt (2), Triology (2), Kenya (2), Israel (2), Brazil (2), Experimental (2), Hong Kong (2), 99 Min. (1), (dvd) (1), SnP (1), *saipal (1), SCC (1), M:D000217 (1)

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" Powaqqatsi, also known as Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation, is a 1988 American non-narrative film directed by Godfrey Reggio and the sequel to Reggio's experimental 1982 film, Koyaanisqatsi. It is the second film in the Qatsi trilogy. Powaqqatsi is a Hopi neologism coined by Reggio meaning "parasitic way of life" or "life in transition". While Koyaanisqatsi focused on modern life in industrial countries, Powaqqatsi, which similarly has no dialogue, focuses more on the conflict in Third Worl"