Naqoyqaatsi

Naqoyqatsi is a documentary film directed by Godfrey Reggio in 2002. The title is a Hopi word for “life as war.” The film overwhelms the viewer with its chaotic array of scenes, including clips of an atomic bomb explosion and a dilapidated building. The film transitions from one to another with colorful, distorted images accompanied by classical music. It features much of the technological advancements of the 21^st century, such as Dolly the cloned sheep. The recurrent shots of binary code and machines show that technology has permeated through our lives to the point where it now dominates humanity. It is evident through the various fighting scenes with guns and planes and clips of marching soldiers that technology has facilitated mankind in mass destruction. Naqoyqatsi is skeptical of technology contributing to humanity’s progress because it connects technology to destruction. Much like Catch-22 and “Wounded Soldier,” Naqoyqatsi depicts a world made even more senseless, chaotic and destructive due to wars fueled by technological innovations.

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