Directed by:
Godfrey ReggioScreenplay:
Godfrey ReggioCinematography:
Russell Lee FineComposer:
Philip GlassCast:
Marlon Brando, Elton John, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Madonna, Steven Soderbergh, Osama bin Laden, Fidel Castro, Bill Clinton, Tenzin Gyatso, Thomas A. Edison (more)VOD (1)
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In this cinematic concert -- the concluding film of the Qatsi Trilogy preceded by the critically acclaimed KOYAANISQATSI ("Life Out Of Balance"), and POWAQQATSI ("Life In Transformation") -- mesmerizing images reanimated from everyday reality, then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques, chronicle the shift from a world organized by the principles of nature to one dominated by technology, the synthetic, and the virtual. Extremes of intimacy and spectacle, tragedy and hope, fuse in a tidal wave of visuals and music, giving rise to a unique artistic experience that reflects Reggio's visions of a brave new globalized world. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Marlon Brando
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Elton John
UK
Best movies:
The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness (1992) (concert)
Billy Elliot the Musical (2014) (theatrical recording)
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
USA
Best movies:
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Madonna
USA
Best movies:
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham (2003) (video compilation)
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) (video compilation)
Steven Soderbergh
USA
Best movies:
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Waking Life (2001)
Contagion (2011)
Osama bin Laden
Saudi Arabia
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Best movies:
Papa Hemingway in Cuba (2015) - a.f.
The Eichmann Show (2015) (TV movie) - a.f.
Bill Clinton
USA
Best movies:
Contact (1997) - a.f.
Richard Jewell (2019) - a.f.
Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) - a.f.
Tenzin Gyatso
Tibet
Thomas A. Edison
USA
Ronald Reagan
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation)
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
John Lennon
UK
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994) - a.f.
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (2003) (music video)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Paul McCartney
UK
Best movies:
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
George Harrison
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV movie)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Ringo Starr
UK
Best movies:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Pop Gear (1965)
Mao Zedong
China
Best movies:
Nixon (1995)
WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971) - a.f.
Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
Pope John Paul II
Poland
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series) - a.f.
Karol : L'homme qui devint Pape (2005) (TV movie)
Apparitions at Fatima (1992)
Henry Kissinger
German Empire
Best movies:
Vice (2018) - a.f.
11'09''01 - September 11 (2002)
First They Killed My Father (2017) - a.f.
Martin Luther King
USA
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991) - a.f.
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation) - a.f.
The King's Speech (2010) - a.f.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.