 Polaroid by Michael Dare Godfrey Reggio (born March 29, 1940) is an American director of experimental documentary films. Born and raised in southwest Louisiana, he is most known for his Qatsi trilogy, which includes the films Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, and Naqoyqatsi. Reggio spent fourteen years in training to be a monk before abandoning that path and making the films; he has since been involved in many progressive political causes in the United States, including work for the American Civil Liberties Union. Cinematographer on most of his films is Ron Fricke, who directed the film Baraka. Image File history File links Reggio. ...
March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ...
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...
Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional. ...
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The Qatsi triology is an informal name given to a series of three films produced by Godfrey Reggio and scored by Philip Glass: Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of balance (1983) Powaqqatsi: Life in transformation (1988) Naqoyqatsi: Life as war (2002) The titles of all three films are words from the language...
Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of balance is a documentary film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by minimalist composer Philip Glass and cimatography by Ron Fricke. ...
Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation is the 1988 sequel to the experimental 1983 documentary film Koyaanisqatsi, by Godfrey Reggio. ...
Naqoyqatsi: ÉÀ ...
The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, is a non-governmental organization (NGO) whose stated goal is to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person . ...
Cinematography literally means writing in the movement, and is the discipline of making lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for the cinema. ...
Ron Fricke is an American film director and cinematographer. ...
Baraka (1992) is an experimental documentary film directed by Ron Fricke, cinematographer for Koyaanisqatsi and the other Qatsi films by Godfrey Reggio. ...
Quotations
- About the Qatsi films: "It's not that we use technology, we live technology. Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer conscious of its presence. So what I decided to do in making these films is to rip out all the foreground of a traditional film--the foreground being the actors, the characterization, the plot, the story--I tried to take the background, all of that that's just supported like wallpaper, move that up into the foreground, make that the subject, ennoble it with the virtues of portraiture, and make that the presence."
- About the computer: "The utopia of the technological order is virtual immortality. Hitheretofore only ascribed to the gods, to the divinity. Now we have a new pantheon, the computer sits in the middle of it, the computer not being a sign, is the most powerful instrument in the world in that it produces what it signifies, it produces this globalization, in that sense it is the highest magic in the world, and something we are all in admiration of."
- About the creation of art: "In terms of the feeling of the piece, I cant think about what people are gonna think about it, what are the critics gonna say, I’m trying to bring some resolution, and realize that myself. It’s a struggle; it’s a process that gets us this. It’s not like, I do write a scenario, and I do have a point of view, but at a certain point the words have to just disappear off the page as the image and the sound become that which you are responding to and it tells you how to shape it, it speaks to you, your trying to stay in touch with it, which you’ve helped to create."
A computer is a machine capable of undergoing complex calculations. ...
A religious order is an organization of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with religious devotion. ...
The neutrality of this article is disputed. ...
Globalization (or globalisation) is the term used to describe the changes in societies and the world economy that result from dramatically increased international trade and cultural exchange. ...
The ancient symbol of the pentagram is often used as a symbol for magic. ...
Winged Victory of Samothrace exihibited in the Louvre. ...
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