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Koyaanisqatsi [1983]
Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi is an astonishing collage; the film shuttles the viewer from one jaw-dropping vision to the next, moving from images of untouched nature to others depicting human beings' increasing reliance on technology.

Powaqqatsi [1988]
Five years after Godfrey Reggio stunned audiences with Koyaanisqatsi, he joined forces again with composer Philip Glass and other collaborators for a second chapter. Here, Reggio turns his sights on third world nations in the southern hemisphere.

Naqoyqatsi [2002]
With a variety of cinematic techniques, including slow motion, time-lapse, and computer-generated imagery, the film tells of a world that has completely transitioned from a natural environment to a human-made one.

Special Features:

• New, restored high-definition digital transfers of all three films, approved by director Godfrey Reggio, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks
• Essence of Life, an interview program with Reggio and composer Philip Glass on Koyaanisqatsi
• New interview with cinematographer Ron Fricke about Koyaanisqatsi
• Early forty-minute demo version of Koyaanisqatsi with a scratch soundtrack by Allen Ginsberg, along with a new introduction by Reggio
• New interview with Reggio about Koyaanisqatsi's original visual concept, with behind-the-scenes footage
• Impact of Progress, an interview program with Reggio and Glass on their collaboration
• Inspiration and Ideas, an interview with Reggio about his greatest influences and teachers
• Anima Mundi (1992), Reggio's twenty-eight-minute montage of images of over seventy animal species, scored by Glass
• Video afterword by Reggio on the trilogy
• The Making of "Naqoyqatsi," a brief documentary featuring interviews with the production crew
• Panel discussion on Naqoyqatsi from 2003, with Reggio, Glass, editor Jon Kane, and music critic John Rockwell
• Music of "Naqoyqatsi," an interview with Glass and cellist Yo-Yo Ma
• Television spots and an interview with Reggio relating to his 1970s multimedia privacy campaign in New Mexico
• Trailers
• A booklet featuring essays on the trilogy by film scholar Scott MacDonald, Rockwell, and author and environmentalist Bill McKibben