Naqoyqatsi
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Movie Reviews of Naqoyqatsi
Movie Review: an astonishing masterwork
Summary: 5 Stars
Prepare to be thrown out of your seat.Perhaps it took what we now think of as the perfection of digitalization to fully realize this film, as there was quite a delay between this, the end of the Qatsi trilogy, and the great Powaqqatsi.
But what a fine reward! Here we are treated to a non-stop cosmic roller coaster connecting the increasing de-humanization of our daily world with the ever exploding advance of the Machines and how they rule our lives. And how we are so lazy that we allow them to do it. Here, I, believe is the "war" that is the Naqoy, not armies nor the madness of Man.
In my experience, no other director is so expertly adept at this unique style of juxtapositional montage. You will know what I mean when a smiling human face intantly and seamlessly transforms into a galactic cloud, or the blast of a thermonuclear weapon. Or the flight of bombs suddenly merged into the exercise of giraffes.
But, unfortunately, Godfrey Reggio's films are not for everyone. This stuff is 'art gratia artis'; art for art's sake.
His films, few and far between, are subtle in their message, even though the director claims that there really is no message to be implied.
But none of those arguments matter. The imagery is what matters, and it is unparalled by any other known director, living or dead.
If you have read this, then you already know about "Baraka". Another brilliant film in the same vent as the Qatsi series, although a little more human, and intensely spiritual. But differently astonishing in its own right.
So get the movie, or all of them, prepare yourself for a different, non-linear film experience with NO INTERRUPTIONS!!!!
Movie Review: Worst of the three? Methinks not....
Summary: 5 Stars
This is coming from someone who just recently saw all 3 Qatsi movies for the first time, so I had no expectations at all for any of them. It is nothing like the first two, but for me, that was a good thing. I think that is why this one is getting bashed by some. (Except for the reviewer who called it a "stoner movie". She's clearly a cultural snob who belives in philosophical elitism, but I digress.)
I thought the first 2 Qatsi movies were too slowly paced and didn't really show anything I hadn't seen before (Time-lapse footage of traffic.....awesome.) About half way through both I was fairly bored, understood what the filmmakers were doing, and wanted to move on. That being said, I'm sure if I had seen them earlier when they first came out, I would have been blown away. Many years have passed, and with 500+ channel TV, internet, DVD, etc., the images aren't as powerful now as they probably were 10-15 years ago. Back then, you just didn't see things like the images seen in the Qatsi movies. So I can see why people who loved the first 2 movies would be let down by Naqoyqatsi. I think it's the same reason why younger people like myself (I'm 24) will enjoy Naqoyqatsi more. It's more modern and more relevant than either of the first two. It doesn't drag as much either. The only part that I got bored with was the athletes segment, which definitely went on a bit longer than needed.
This one is worth buying for sure. Naqoyqatsi is a beautiful collage of images and music that is intensely thought provoking.
Movie Review: Psychonatigated blissfulness of the holly allah [gati]
Summary: 5 Stars
A Journey for the minds eye, portal to the unknow. This shows you nothing and everything. Projecteed in a way to let you interpret the data in your own way. To view in as they say [eye candy] A psychodelic exploration of our world as a whole, a raw naked experience of our existence and fetish love. Or as a vissual interpretation of the spectrum of our world and what we do to it and or create. I do not believe in any way that watching all three of the films you are missing much that is out their in terms of what everything is catogorized in all of our american lives. Corperate greed, lusk, ideals, growth, poverty, raw, over stimulization, love beauty, hate, audio and visual awakenness, To really show us who we are and what we saposidelly need. The film is pressented in an all visual scences, some things we can just see to fully comprehend, some things are better unspoken. If you get tired of the current sound track change it feel free to breath new life into it everytime you watch it, our world changes why shouldnt this. Jah Wobbles solaris works very well, Or any Bill Laswells records. This Is by far the most raw psyconavigated piece of work ive ever come in contact with. Be awaken by this reality dream of beauty and dismay. Dont be afraid the future is hear now.Movie Review: Let it wash over you
Summary: 5 Stars
The most remarkable thing about this film is the music. Philip Glass never misses, and I don't just mean this film."Civisised Violence" or "Life as War" is what we are told about this film. Sometimes this is obvious, soldiers at war or missiles and bullets flying through the air. Other times and more often it isn't, a couple kissing or a baby at ease. Many of the images are abstract or computer generated, but after three or four viewings the film isn't that much different from the previous Qatsi films, images and music, perhaps the abstractions turn it into a glorified music video that cost more than "Out of Africa" to make. What would be really helpful would be an audio commentary track by the creators explaining the purpose of each shot.
Even so, this is the most fascinating film that I have ever seen, but not because of the technology. It isn't the future of film, it is the present. It is hypnotic, sometimes the music is hardly there. The pace of the film is generally fast so that when there is something striking like the happy black and white faces, it is passed over too quickly. One viewing isn't enough, stick with again and again, let it wash over you.
Movie Review: Naqoyqatsi
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is amazing. i can't wait for it to come out on DVD. It easily surpasses the picturesque Powaqqatsi, but it's tough to compare to Koyaanisqatsi, because I grew up with that film. But this film is mindlblowing and memorable. **SPOILER** Except for the last ambiguous and unmemorable 5 minutes, with the astronaut twiring around in space **END OF SPOILER** this film is simply great. Glass outdoes himself with an amazing score with the help of the great Yo Yo Ma. Reggio chooses numerous powerful and realistic everyday images and puts them together with state of the art digital effects. The opening sequence from the Tower of Babel fading to the abandoned railroad station in Detroit has to be one of the greatest images I have ever witnessed in my entire life. I can't shake that mesmerizing image out of my head, along with many others in this miracle of a film. As I have stated aboout a million times, this film is simply amazing and one hell of an experience. this movie is so good that I can't even spell correctly...it's amazing how anxious I am to get this and own it and watch it a million times, because I probably will.