Naqoyqatsi

Naqoyqatsi
Film poster
Directed byGodfrey Reggio
Written byGodfrey Reggio
Produced bySteven Soderbergh[1]
Joe Beirne
Godfrey Reggio
Lawrence Taub
CinematographyRussell Lee Fine
Edited byJon Kane
Music byPhilip Glass
Production
company
Qatsi Productions
Distributed byMiramax Films
Release date
  • October 18, 2002 (2002-10-18)
[2]
Running time
89 minutes[3]
CountryUnited States
Budget$3 million

Naqoyqatsi[a] is a 2002 American non-narrative film directed by Godfrey Reggio and edited by Jon Kane, with music composed by Philip Glass. It is the third and final installment in the Qatsi trilogy.

Naqoyqatsi is a Hopi word (written as naqö̀yqatsi in Hopi orthography) meaning "life as war". In the film's closing credits, Naqoyqatsi is also translated as "civilized violence" and "a life of killing each other".[5]

  1. ^ "Naqoyqatsi Blu-ray" – via www.blu-ray.com.
  2. ^ "Naqoyqatsi" – via www.flickchart.com.
  3. ^ "Naqoyqatsi". The Criterion Collection.
  4. ^ Hopi Dictionary Project (1998). "Spelling and pronunciation". Hopi Dictionary [Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni]. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. p. 863-4. ISBN 0-8165-1789-4. Retrieved March 10, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ "Naqoyqatsi Definitions". Koyaanisqatsi.org. Institute for Regional Education. Retrieved August 24, 2011.


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