
Naqoyqatsi
Life as war
Directed by Godfrey Reggio
Produced by Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education, Qatsi Productions
A visually poetic but deeply unsettling montage essay that equates modern technological civilization with warfare and existential threat.
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
Essence
Ensemble

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)

Ringo Starr
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George Harrison
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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