{"product_id":"the-qatsi-trilogy-640-641-642-used","title":"The Qatsi Trilogy (#640, 641, 642) USED","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA singular artist and activist, Godfrey Reggio is best known for the galvanizing films of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Qatsi Trilogy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAstonishingly photographed, and featuring unforgettable, cascading scores by Philip Glass, these are immersive sensory experiences that meditate on the havoc humankind’s obsession with technological advancement has wreaked on our world. From 1983’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKoyaanisqatsi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto 1988’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowaqqatsi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto 2002’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaqoyqatsi,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eReggio takes us on a journey from the ancient to the contemporary, from nature to industry, exploring life out of balance, in transformation, and as war, all the while keeping our eyes wide with wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharetools  sharetools-boxset\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"film-sets-list\" data-sticky-left-end=\"\" data-sticky-left-content-end=\"\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/criterion-production\/films\/55db5dadfec17b9daf2d35fe8dcd13b2\/qtYa3xcULravgM4Bb1zGk3eqWOwT0q_small.jpg\" alt=\"Koyaanisqatsi\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"film-set-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"film-set-title\"\u003eKoyaanisqatsi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"film-set-year\"\u003e1983\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"film-set-descrip\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unconventional work in every way, Godfrey Reggio’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKoyaanisqatsi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas nevertheless a sensation when it was released in 1983. This first work of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Qatsi Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewordlessly surveys the rapidly changing environments of the Northern Hemisphere, in an astonishing collage created by the director, cinematographer Ron Fricke, and composer Philip Glass. It shuttles viewers from one jaw-dropping vision to the next, moving from images of untouched nature to others depicting human beings’ increasing dependence on technology\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKoyaanisqatsi\u003c\/i\u003e’s heterodox methods (including hypnotic time-lapse photography) make it a look at our world from a truly unique angle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/criterion-production\/films\/8acc190ce2c64a28ebc0cfce2f487bf3\/JXYEyRgYZCvhbsvrfrADN39TuUInwV_small.jpg\" alt=\"Powaqqatsi\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"film-set-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"film-set-title\"\u003ePowaqqatsi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"film-set-year\"\u003e1988\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"film-set-descrip\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFive years after Godfrey Reggio stunned audiences with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKoyaanisqatsi,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehe again joined forces with composer Philip Glass and other collaborators for a second chapter. Here, Reggio turns his sights on third-world nations in the Southern Hemisphere. Forgoing the sped-up aesthetic of the first film,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePowaqqatsi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eemploys a meditative slow motion in order to reveal the beauty of the traditional ways of life in those parts of the planet, and to show how cultures there are being eroded as their environments are taken over by industry. This is the most intensely spiritual segment of Reggio’s philosophical and visually remarkable\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eQatsi Trilogy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/criterion-production\/films\/9c3624e50b6bdfc76e35e76630ac2a92\/hq6ior2POJCOfpMPkqBOtsQ44AOR7o_small.jpg\" alt=\"Naqoyqatsi\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"film-set-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"film-set-title\"\u003eNaqoyqatsi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"film-set-year\"\u003e2002\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"film-set-descrip\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGodfrey Reggio takes on the digital revolution in the final chapter of his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eQatsi Trilogy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThrough a variety of cinematic techniques, including slow motion, time-lapse, computer- generated imagery, and found footage, the film tells of a world that has completed the transition from the natural to the artificial. Globalization has been accomplished, all of our interactions are technologically mediated, and all images are manipulated. From this (virtual) reality, Reggio sculpts a frenetic yet ruminative portrait of an era in which the cacophony of “communication” has rendered humankind effectively postlanguage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"product-features product-features-set collapse pk-boxset-product-features\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"collapse-contain content-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"max-width-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eDIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew, restored digital transfers of all three films, approved by director Godfrey Reggio, with 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks on the Blu-ray edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eEssence of Life,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ean interview program with Reggio and composer Philip Glass on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKoyaanisqatsi\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with cinematographer Ron Fricke about\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKoyaanisqatsi\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTelevision spots and a new interview with Reggio relating to his 1970s multimedia privacy campaign in New Mexico\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly forty-minute demo version of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKoyaanisqatsi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith a partial scratch soundtrack featuring poet Allen Ginsberg, along with a new introduction by Reggio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with Reggio about\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eKoyaanisqatsi\u003c\/i\u003e’s original visual concept, with behind-the-scenes footage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eImpact of Progress,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ean interview program with Reggio and Glass on their collaboration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eInspiration and Ideas,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea new interview with Reggio about his greatest influences and teachers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublic television interview with Reggio from 1989 about the trilogy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAnima Mundi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1992), Reggio’s twenty-eight-minute montage of footage of over seventy animal species, scored by Glass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew video afterword by Reggio on the trilogy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Making of “Naqoyqatsi,”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea brief documentary featuring interviews with the production crew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePanel discussion on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaqoyqatsi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom 2003, with Reggio, Glass, editor Jon Kane, and music critic John Rockwell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview with Glass and cellist Yo-Yo Ma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by film scholar Scott MacDonald, Rockwell, and author and environmentalist Bill McKibben\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Orbit DVD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43233579728940,"sku":"715515100618U","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/files\/The-Qatsi-Trilogy-640-641-642-USED.jpg?v=1782804590","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/the-qatsi-trilogy-640-641-642-used","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}