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Naqoyqatsi

Rating:PG (for violent and disturbing images, and for brief nudity)
Genre:Documentary
Release Date:October 18, 2002
Running time:89 minutes
Cast:Documentary
Director:Godfrey Reggio
Producer:Joe Beirne
Writer:Philip Glass, Godfrey Reggio
Distributor:Miramax Films

Description: In this cinematic concert, mesmerizing images are plucked from everyday reality, then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques. The result is a chronicle of the shift from a world organized by the principles of nature to one dominated by technology, the synthetic and the virtual. Extremes of intimacy and spectacle, tragedy and hope fuse in a tidal wave of visuals and music, giving rise to a unique, artistic experience that reflects the vision of a brave new globalized world.

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