Naqoyqatsi (Naqoyqatsi: Life as War)

Naqoyqatsi (2002)

  • 48% of critics liked it
    (52 reviews)

  • 70% of users liked it
    (4,083 ratings)

Filmmaker, philosopher and activist Godfrey Reggio completes the film trilogy he began with Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi in this visually striking examination of the impact of technology upon our culture. Naqoyqatsi is a word from the Hopi language which roughly translates as "war as a way of… More

PG,
Directed By
Written By
Godfrey Reggio
Genres
Documentary, Special Interest
In Theaters
Oct 18, 2002 Wide
On DVD
Jun 24, 2003
Miramax Films

Critic Reviews

  • Jan Stuart, Newsday

    If the message seems more facile than the earlier films, the images have such a terrible beauty you may not care.

  • Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

    At its best, Naqoyqatsi awakens the eyes, but it doesn't really do much to tweak the conscience. It's difficult to feel a sense of outrage while you're in a trance.

  • Matt Weitz, Dallas Morning News

    If you open yourself up to Mr. Reggio's theory of this imagery as the movie's set ... it can impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change.

  • Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

    Filmmaking at its purest and most visceral.

  • Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

    Pretentious, ponderous and redundant."

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  • Anthony L


    I understand that Naqoyqatsi is a premonition of the future and that is why it is so synthetic but that is also the reason why I didn't like it as much as the others, its pretty soulless. I've said that Powaqqatsi was an imitation of Koyaanisqatsi, Naqoyqatsi is it's… More

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