The qatsi trilogy
By: directed by Godfrey Reggio
Contributors: Coppola, Francis Ford, 1939- producer; Lucas, George, 1944- producer; Richards, Ken, screenwriter; Soderbergh, Steven, 1963- producer; Glass, Philip, composer (expression); Golan-Globus (Firm); Miramax Films; Criterion Collection (Firm)
Edition: Widescreen.
Series: Criterion collection -- 639; Criterion collection -- 640; Criterion collection -- 641; Criterion collection -- 642; Criterion collection -- 639.; Criterion collection -- 640.; Criterion collection -- 641.; Criterion collection -- 642.
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781604656718; 9781604656732; 9781604656756; 9781604656770
Subjects: Technology and civilization; Social aspects; Progress; Human ecology; Technology; Modern Civilization
Other titles: Koyaanisqatsi :; Powaqqatsi :; Naqoyqatsi :; Koyaanisqatsi (Motion picture); Powaqqatsi (Motion picture); Naqoyqatsi (Motion picture)
Description: "Astonishingly 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"--Container.
Notes: Container title.

Originally produced as a motion pictures in 1982, 1988 and 2002.

Special features: Interviews; television spots; previews; trailers; booklet with essays by Scott MacDonald, John Rockwell and Bill McKibben.

Koyaanisqatsi: Photography, Ron Fricke; editor, Alton Walpole, Ron Fricke; music, Philip Glass.

Powaqqatsi: Photography, Graham Berry, Leonidas Zourdoumis; editor, Iris Cahn, Alton Walpole; music, Philip Glass.

Naqoyqatsi: Photography, Russell Lee Fine; editor, Jon Kane; music, Philip Glass, Yo-Yo Ma.

DVD; NTSC, Region 1; Dolby digital 5.1, enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TV.

In Hopi, English and Spanish.
Table of contents: title: [V. 1] Koyaanisqatsi / Francis Ford Coppola presents ; an IRE presentation ; produced and directed by Godfrey Reggio ; scenario Ron Fricke [and others] (86 min., 1983, 1.85:1); title: [v. 2.] Powaqqatsi / a Golan-Globus production ; a Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas presentation ; directed by Godfrey Reggio ; produced by Mel Lawrence, Godfrey Reggio, Lawrence Taub ; written by Godfrey Reggio and Ken Richards (99 min., 1988, 1.85:1); title: [v. 3.] Naqoyqatsi / Miramax Films and Steven Soderbergh present ; writer and director, Godfrey Reggio ; producer, Joe Beirne, Godfrey Reggio, Lawrence Taub (89 min., 2002, 1.78:1).