Life as war
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
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Character
Grave, contemporary, prestige and epic.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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“Is the formal daring showing off?”
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“Is Naqoyqatsi better than Koyaanisqatsi?”
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“Is the polish hiding a lack of heart?”
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Cast
- Marlon BrandoSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Elton JohnSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Julia Louis-DreyfusSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- MadonnaSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Fidel CastroSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Martin Luther King Jr.Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Paul McCartneySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
- Godfrey ReggioDirector
- Russell Lee FineDirector of Photography
- Jon KaneEditor
- Godfrey ReggioProducer
- Lawrence TaubProducer
- Joe BeirneProducer
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Pairings
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- To Pimp a Butterfly 201552% alikeAlbum · Both grave, character-led, prestige.
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