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Life Out Of Balance
''Koyaanisqatsi'' is a 1982 American non-narrative documentary film directed and produced by Godfrey Reggio, featuring music by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke. Described as an "essay in images and sound on the state of American civilization", the film comprises a montage of stock footage, slow motion, and time-lapse visuals of natural and urban environments across the United States. Following its premieres at the Telluride and New York Film Festivals in 1982, it began a limited theatrical release the next year. Produced on a budget of $2.5 million, the film grossed $3.2 million at the box office, and was one of the highest-grossing documentaries of the 1980s. The title comes from the Hopi word , meaning "life out of balance". It is the first film in the ''Qatsi'' trilogy, which was followed by ''Powaqqatsi'' (1988) and ''Naqoyqatsi'' (2002). The trilogy depicts different aspects of the relationship between humans, nature and technology. ''Koyaanisqatsi'' is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey Reggio
Godfrey Reggio (born 1940) is an American director of experimental documentary films. Life Reggio was born in New Orleans in 1940 to a Catholic family. He left home at age 14 to join the Catholic Christian Brotherhood. He became a monk, and spent 14 years in silence and prayer during his training. During the 1950s and 60s, Reggio worked as a social activist with Chicano street gangs with the Brotherhood in New Mexico. One of the brothers introduced him to the film ''Los Olvidados'' by the Spanish-French-Mexican surrealist filmmaker Luis Buñuel, Luis Bunuel which influenced him greatly. He also acknowledges Artavazd Peleshyan, a documentary-poet, who was a mentor and friend. Early work Reggio helped found the Institute for Regional Education in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a non-profit foundation. He became a founder of ''La Clinica de la Gente'' a facility providing medical care and service to 12,000 community members in Northern New Mexico, northern New Mexico's barrios, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
