Quatsi trilogija Godfri Ređo

[eumeswil]

Jeste upoznati sa ovim sjajnim filmovima?

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A singular artist and activist, Godfrey Reggio is best known for the galvanizing films of The Qatsi Trilogy. 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. From 1983’s Koyaanisqatsi to 1988’s Powaqqatsi to 2002’s Naqoyqatsi, Reggio 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.

 

• An unconventional work in every way, Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi was nevertheless a sensation when it was released in 1983. This first work of The Qatsi Trilogy wordlessly 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 Koyaanisqatsi’s heterodox methods (including hypnotic time-lapse photography) make it a look at our world from a truly unique angle.

 

 

 

• Five years after Godfrey Reggio stunned audiences with Koyaanisqatsi, he 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, Powaqqatsi employs 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 Qatsi Trilogy.

 

 

• Godfrey Reggio takes on the digital revolution in the final chapter of his Qatsi Trilogy. Through 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.

   

   

   

   

   

[copkillah]

Samo prvi, Koyaanisqatsi i jako ga volim, ovi ostali mi još nisu došli na red.

 

Moram da istaknem i muziku Filipa Glasa, opčinjavajuća je.

 

Dodao bih Baraku (koju sam gledao baaaaš davno) i Samsaru (ubrzo nakon što je izašla) kao nešto "isto", ali Koyaanisqatsi mi je i dalje najbolji, iako je Samsara verovatno vizuelno ispred.

 

U stvari, mogao bih sebe da počastim gledanjima svega navedenog čim vreme dozvoli.

[eumeswil]

Da, Glasova muzika je fenomenalna.

 

 

 

 

[Zabalujev]

Gledao sam samo prvi deo, Glasova muzika je maltene ceo film za mene. Mada, ne znam šta je poenta filma, valjda, što bi Agent Smit rekao, mi smo neki virus što upropaštava planetu? I šta ćemo sad?

[copkillah]

Mislim da ne moraš da tražiš poentu, gledaj to kao neku meditaciju, zavališ se, gledaš, uživaš u vožnji i to je to.

 

[eumeswil]

16 hours ago, Zabalujev said:

 Mada, ne znam šta je poenta filma, valjda, što bi Agent Smit rekao, mi smo neki virus što upropaštava planetu? I šta ćemo sad?

Za mene lično, najveća vrednost ovih filmova su dve stvari: 

 

 1) prikaz tih hiperindustrijskih potrošačkih kaveza koje nazivamo savremenim društvima, kako sam Ređo kaže

 2) puzajući i homogenizujući tehnofašizam, iliti mitologija progresa, tehnološkog razvoja i ekonomskog rasta. Nekritičko usvajanje i primena bilo koje nove tehnologije po svaku cenu, ne obazirući se na individualnu ljudsku cenu i cenu uništavanja ostatka živog sveta i dugoročne posledice koje će to proizvesti. Vladari sveta su odlučili da ovaj model postojanja i razvoja guraju dokle god može, i što brže, bez ikakvih kompromisa, a to će najverovatnije značiti i već odavno se vidi da znači do samog kraja i limita, tj. kraja svih regulatornih sistema koji održavaju život na planeti.