NAQOYQATSI

Year: 2002
USA: Miramax Films
Cast: Philip Glass
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Country: USA
USA: 89 mins
USA Rated: PG for violent and disturbing images, and for brief nudity
USA Release Date: 18 October 2002 (Limited Release - Los Angeles and New York)

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Synopsis

A motion picture experience beyond words, NAQOYQATSI merges the power of image and music to plunge into the heart of the hyper-accelerated, globally wired 21st century. Mesmerizing images plucked from everyday reality, then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques, stream across the screen in synch with a hypnotic score by Philip Glass, featuring the passionate cello work of Yo-Yo Ma. Despite the film's nonverbal nature, the ultimate effect of its starkly futuristic, computer-enhanced visual fabric is to get people talking about how technology is altering everything: media, art, entertainment, sports, politics, medicine, warfare, ethics, nature, culture and the very face of the human future.