Brightest Young Things

God, I love the person that does the AFI programming.
I love them sight unseen.
(I also sort of want to steal their job, but that's a whole new story.)

After the Coens, and the Bergman ... they bring us the Qatsi Trilogy, an epic opus, filmed over 2 decades by Godfrey Reggio and scored (immaculately) by Phillip Glass.
(bonus: Reggio is scheduled to appear at all three screenings)

Taking its titles from Hopi Indian words, the films in the Qatsi Trilogy chronicle the rhythms of life on Earth and the destructive impact of the modern world on the environment.
If you are a fan of Baraka or Chronos, you don't want to miss this.
(additionally, this could go quite nicely with the Water Playlist, Cale is about to post on here, but more on that lateR)

details: here and below:

KOYAANISQATSI: LIFE OUT OF BALANCE (1982)
Friday, March 14, 7:00

An apocalyptic vision of two different worlds, KOYAANISQATSI shows both: natural beauty and our growing dependence on technology. Capturing stunning visual images of North America, from desert landscapes to rocket explosions, rhymthically set using slow-motion and time-lapse techniques to a score by Philip Glass, this ground-breaking film was the first full-length commercial nonverbal film. All the images are of real life, presented to show the imbalance between nature and urban culture - the latter moving at a frenetic pace, detached from the natural environment and overwhelmed by technology. Intended for differing individual interpretations, the images inspire a thousand thoughts.

POWAQQATSI: LIFE IN TRANSFORMATION (1988)
Saturday, March 15, 7:00

Focusing on the people of the developing world - from Brazil, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, Nepal and Peru - and closely observing their everyday lives in vivid color and slow motion, POWAQQATSI puts the audience nearly close enough to smell the food cooking, the fresh fish and nearby fires. The film celebrates the human-scale endeavors of craftsmanship, spiritual worship, labor and creativity that define a particular culture, capturing what is rare and beautiful about these people and their civilizations. In keeping with the trilogy's theme, POWAQQATSI also reveals the impact of technological progress on native cultures - their complicated interaction with such new additions as cars and high-rises.

NAQOYQATSI: LIFE AS WAR (2002)
Sunday, March 16, 7:00

Exploring the most significant event in the last 5,000 years of human history, the transition from the natural to the technological milieu, NAQOYQATSI contrasts the earthy diversity of nature with the homogenization of technology. As it consumes the old natural world with its infinite appetite, the explosive tempo of technology becomes "naqoyqatsi," a sanctioned aggression against the force of life itself, a war-life beyond the confines of the battlefield. The film envisions a world made in the image of the new divine, the computer.

miss it at your own, and earth's peril.