Last Sunday night I finished watching “The Qatsi Trilogy,” thanks to Criterion’s lovely set. “Koyaanisqatsi,” 1982, “Powaqqatsi” 1988, and “Naqoyqatsi,” 2002. Qatsi is a Hopi word meaning “life,” but richer in, meaning that the English. The compound words used for the titles are defined at the end of each movie, and ideally one should see the movies without those definitions in mind. One should simply watch and listen, for the music by Phillip Glass is equal partner with the images put before one by director Godfrey Reggio and his cinematographers and editors. Reggio desires for his viewers to watch and listen and find their own meanings in what is presented.
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