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23 February 1989 (Australia) moreTagline:
Life in TransformationPlot:
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them. | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Credited cast) | Christie Brinkley | ... | (archive footage) |
 | David Brinkley | ... | (archive footage) |
| Pope John Paul II | ... | (archive footage) |
| Dan Rather | ... | (archive footage) |
| Cheryl Tiegs | ... | (archive footage) |
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Northsouth: Life on the Edge (USA) (working title)Powwaqatsi: Life in Transformation (USA) (poster title)
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99 minCountry:
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Australia:G | Finland:S (2004) | UK:U | Sweden:Btl | USA:G | Germany:6 | Singapore:PGFun Stuff
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The shot of the truck driving past the Indian boy as he walks along the road is the only staged shot in the film. moreFAQ
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Indeed! I do not agree that Powaqqatsi is a cheap imitation or second to Koyaanisqatsi. In fact, when I first viewed it, I was overcome with the feeling that this would be the film I would show to an invading Alien strike-force to convince them that humanity is a truly beautiful thing and must be spared. Philip Glass' soundtrack is again an immaculate one, and the marriage of Reggio/Glass devastatingly effective. There are images and transitions in this film that will stay with me forever. Haunting, beautiful, hypnotic, ecstatic. I challenge anyone claiming dissastisfaction with this film to explain how the "cover" sequence of the boy being devoured by smoke leaves the viewer so ( or the reflection of city lights in the rear window of the moving car, or the grain threshing sequence...). This film is another masterpiece, period.