''Once Within a Time'' is a 2023 American

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film written, produced, and directed by

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 spe ...

and edited and co-directed by

Jon Kane Jon Kane is an American film editor, director, and DJ based in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York. Career Kane was the editor of ''Naqoyqatsi'', the third film in the Qatsi trilogy, ''Qatsi'' trilogy directed by Godfrey Reggio and scored by Philip Gl ...

Plot

Reception

Sheila O'Malley of ''

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'' gave the film three out of four stars and wrote, "Clocking in at 51 minutes, the film is all mood, all rhythm, with a kaleidoscope structure and undulating ever-shifting visuals in a constant state of flux. It's not a 'story' so much as a tone-poem collage about technology, knowledge, innocence/experience, and the potential end of the world. Maybe something new will be born from the ashes, although considering the evidence that something may very well be a monster."

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* 2023 films Films directed by Godfrey Reggio Films scored by Philip Glass 2020s American films American fantasy comedy films American avant-garde and experimental films {{experimental-film-stub