Powaqqatsi

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Movie
Original title Powaqqatsi
Country of production United States
original language English
Hopi
Publishing year 1988
length 96 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Godfrey Reggio
script Godfrey Reggio
Ken Richards
production Mel Lawrence ,
Godfrey Reggio,
Lawrence Taub
music Philip Glass
camera Graham Berry ,
Leonidas Zourdoumis
cut Iris Cahn ,
Alton Walpole
chronology

←  Predecessor
Koyaanisqatsi

Successor  →
Naqoyqatsi

Powaqqatsi is the second part of the Qatsi trilogy by Godfrey Reggio . Powaqqatsi is a word from the language of the Hopi Indians, which means something like "a being", "a way of life that uses up the life forces of other beings to promote / support its own life". The film was released in theaters in 1988.

content

The subject of the film is the impact of industrialization on the peoples of Asia , Latin America and Africa . The camera often lingers for minutes on people's everyday processes, so that the viewer becomes an observer at the same time. Reggio thus makes the film an experience for the viewer. Ultimately, the viewer can gain his own insight from the images.

Like his predecessor Koyaanisqatsi and his successor Naqoyqatsi , Powaqqatsi also manages without any dialogue. Philip Glass composed the music. It is partly shaped by the influences of traditional Asian and African music as well as electronic sounds.

Film music

The film music also makes up a large part of the overall effect here. The CD, released on Nonesuch Records in 1988, was recorded by the Philip Glass Ensemble under the direction of Michael Riesman and contains the following pieces:

  1. Serra Pelada (5:02)
  2. The Title (0:23)
  3. Anthem Part 1 (6:22)
  4. That Place (4:41)
  5. Anthem Part 2 (3:48)
  6. Mosque And Temple (4:42)
  7. Anthem Part 3 (8:11)
  8. Train To Sao Paulo (3:04)
  9. Video Dream (2:14)
  10. New Cities In Ancient Lands, China (2:47)
  11. New Cities In Ancient Lands, Africa (2:56)
  12. New Cities In Ancient Lands, India (4:42)
  13. The Unutterable (7:02)
  14. Caught! (7:20)
  15. Mr. Suso Part 1 (1:08)
  16. From Egypt (3:23)
  17. Mr. Suso Part 2 With Reflection (1:18)
  18. Powaqqatsi (4:35)

The title "Anthem Part 2" was later used in Peter Weir's 1998 Hollywood film The Truman Show .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Parasitism