Godfrey Reggio

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by gobalized technology and violence. [IMDB]

A movie with no conventional plot: merely a collection of expertly photographed scenes. Subject matter has a highly environmental theme (imdb)

A non-narrative documentary, the second in the "Qatsi" trilogy, exploring the conflict between traditional life and the encroaching industrial world. Through mesmerizing slow-motion and time-lapse cinematography, the film travels the globe to showcase the manual labor and cultural rituals of indigenous and "Third World" societies. Set entirely to a dynamic, world-music-infused score, the title means a "parasitic way of life"—one that consumes the life forces of others for its own advancement.

Image and music are intertwined in this third collaboration between director Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass. The film was produced to celebrate the World Wildlife Fund's Biological Diversity Campaign. The film combines images of nature with pulsing rhythms in a Microcosmos (1997) meets Koyaanisqatsi (1983) spectacle. (imdb)

The film consists of extreme close-ups of children's faces in various states of intense emotion, accompanied by the dramatic music of Philip Glass. Only in the final seconds of the film do we see what the children have been looking at all this time... (imdb)

Who and what is a visitor when we look around ourselves on this planet? (tiff.net)

A comedic apocalyptic vision of the end of the world and the beginning of a new one, with unforgettable views and the innocence and hope of a new generation. (imdb)