'' is a
Documentary Film released in 2002; it is the third and final film of the
Qatsi Trilogy by
Godfrey Reggio . The film focuses on technology and the perceived lack of natural environments in industrialized society.
'''', was released in 1988. All three were scored by
Philip Glass .
The name of the film is a
Hopi word (written properly as ''naqö̀yqatsi'') meaning "life of war".
In contrast to the first two parts, the majority of ''Naqoyqatsi'' was created not by filming in the real world, but by using archive footage and stock images, manipulated and processed digitally on
Non-linear Editing Workstations and intercut with specially-produced
CGI . Reggio described the process as "
Virtual cinema."
There was some controversy over the production process after the film was released on , portions of the film were horizontally stretched to accommodate the wider aspect ratio used in the cinema and in the DVD transfer. One of the film's producers later explained in various
Internet forums that the stretched image was an aesthetic decision and not a production error.
