
Powaqqatsi(1988)
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.


“Life as war”
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

Marlon Brando
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Elton John
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Madonna
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bill Clinton
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fidel Castro
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paul McCartney
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Naqoyqatsi is a documentary film released in 2002 exploring themes of nature documentary, poetic documentary. Directed by Godfrey Reggio, it stars Marlon Brando, Elton John, Julia Louis-Dreyfus. A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
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