Daily Archives: May 25, 2009

3 Things

The Girlfriend Experience [2009] 1. She’s browsing through a rack of dresses near the back. She sees him outside the boutique, with another girl, and turns away. Whether to hide herself, or from jealousy, or because she’s hurt, who can … Continue reading

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Naqoyqatsi [2002] 1. Falling into the pattern.2. The woman never quite gets around to eating the hamburger.3. Skydivers pouring out of the airplane like cereal from a box.

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3 things about Godfrey Reggio’s POWAQQATSI

Powaqqatsi [1988] 1. In the pit, “third world” people wearing “first world” clothes. 2. A phosphorescent red dot on a child’s forehead. 3. Human-powered Ferris wheel.

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Koyaanisqatsi [1983] 1. White people lying on beach towels on sand adjacent to an enormous power planet. Heat waves radiating upwards.2. A man at a video arcade plays Qbert while holding a baby in one arm.3.  Staccato horns and cloudscapes.

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