POWAQQATSI

Credits

Directed by
GODFREY REGGIO

Music Composed by
PHILIP GLASS

Produced by
MEL LAWRENCE
GODFREY REGGIO
LAWRENCE TAUB

Executive Producers
MENAHEM GOLAN and YORAM GLOBUS

Music and Soundtrack Produced by
KURT MUNKACSI

Music Conducted by
MICHAEL RIESMAN

Directors of Photography
GRAHAM BERRY
LEONIDAS ZOURDOUMIS

Edited by
IRIS CAHN
ALTON WALPOLE

Associate Editor
MIROSLAV JANEK

Written by
GODFREY REGGIO
KEN RICHARDS

Unit Directors
MARCEL KAHN
ALTON WALPOLE

Associate Producers
MARCEL KAHN
TOM LUDDY

Dramaturgical Consultants
WALTER CHAPPEL
PHILIP GLASS
JEFFREY LEW

Project Coordinator
SHARON FENTIMEN

Research Director
RAY HEMENEZ

Associate Cinematographer
BILL ROSSER

Title Linguistic Research
DR. EKKEHART MALOTKI

First Assistant Cameramen
ED GUTENTAG
MURRAY VAN DYKE

Sound Recordists
BOB BIELECKI
CONNIE KIELTYKA

Assistant Editors
GAY BROWNING
ANNE BRUCE
CLAIRE BUSH

Location Scouting
MARCEL KAHN
MEL LAWRENCE

Location Manager
JEANINE MORET

Location Coordinator
GAY BROWNING

Technical Director
ALTON WALPOLE

IRE Coordinator
STEVE GOLDIN

Post Production Facility Manager
BROOKE TUTHILL

Scenario Advisor
MARCEL KAHN

Creative Consultants
WALTER BACHAUER
CYBELE CARPENTER
DENNIS JAKOB
NICOLE LEWIN
TONY PRICE
BRADFORD SMITH

Title Design
PAUL PASCARELLA

Aerial Photography
GRAHAM BERRY
LEONIDAS ZOURDOUMIS

Steadicam Operator
LEONIDAS ZOURDOUMIS

Associate Technical Directo
MURRAY VAN DYKE

Still Photographer
NICOLE LEWIN

POWAQQATSI Sculpture
JEFFREY LEW

Assistant to the Producers
JEANINE MORET

Assistant to the Director
NICOLE LEWIN

Post Production Facility Design
NEIL BOCKMAN
ROBERT PALMER

Video Research
STEVE GOLDIN

INTERNATIONAL PRODUCERS

Peru
FRANCISCO SALOMON ALVAREZ

Brasil
DIETRICH BATISTA

Kenya
MIA DUNFORD

Egypt
MOHAMMED GOHAR
NADER GOHAR

Israel
ITZHAK KOL

Hong Kong
BRIGID SNOW-CHESNEY

Nepal
PREM BASNET

India
MANDEEP KAKKAR
SHYAM BENEGAL

Berlin
CHRISTIAN ZERTZ

France
JACQUES KAHN

Recording Engineer/Associate Music Producer
DON CHRISTENSEN

Ambient Sound Effects and Additional Recording
BOB BIELECKI
CONNIE KIELTYKA

Synthesizer Programming and Sound Design
JEFFREY RONA

Production Supervisor for Euphorbia Productions
RORY JOHNSTON

Contracting and Administration
DAN DRYDEN

Technical Advisor and Consultant for African Music
FODAY MUSA SUSO

Technical Advisor and Consultant for South American Music
BERNARDO PALOMBO

SPECIAL MUSIC CREDITS

Kira, Balafon, Dousongoni, Nyanyer, Kari Nyan
FODAY MUSA SUSO

Vocal Solo
SHAIKH FATHY MADY

Bass Voice
AL DERUITER

Percussion Ensemble
JOE PASSARO
SUE EVANS
ROGER SQUITERO
VALERIE NARANJO

Hispanic Young People’s Chorus/Coro Juvenil Hispano
Executive Director
HECTOR CARRASQUILLO

Musical Director
ANGELICA ROSA SEPULVEDA

All Music Published by
DUNVAGEN MUSIC PUBLISHERS, INC.
ASCAP

Soundtrack Produced by
KURT MUNKACSI for EUPHORBIA PRODUCTIONS, LTD.

INTERNATIONAL CREDITS

Locations in Peru
CUZCO, HUNCHAO, IQUITOS, LIMA,
PUNO, TAQUILE ISLAND, TRUJILLO

Unit Coordinators
FRANCISCO SALOMON ALVAREZ
SONIA ARISPE

Key Grips
MARIO RIVAS
BEATRIZ MANRIQUE

Assistant to Local Producer
ANA MARIA SALOMON

Locations in Brasil
BELEM, BRASILIA, CARAJAS, CUBATAO,
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS, SAO PAULO,
SERRA PELADA

Unit Coordinators
DIETRICH BATISTA
JULIUS KOSAKOWSKI
WILLIAM O’DWYER FOGTMAN

Key Grips
HELMUT BATISTA
CARLOS PAIVA
LUIZ CARLOS SALDANHA

Locations in Kenya
LAMU, MOMBASA, NAIROBI,
PATE ISLAND (FASA AND KISINGEPINI)

Unit Coordinators
ABDUL HAQ
HASSAN ABDALLA ATHMAN

Key Grips
AHMED BILALI
EBRAHIM JIBRIL

Locations in Egypt
CAIRO, LUXOR, SINAI, ISMAILIA

Local Coordination
VIDEO CAIRO

Unit Coordinators
MOURAD EL-ESSAWI
LEWIS HABIB

Key Grips
TAREK BORAIE
HISHAM LABIB

Location in Israel
JERUSALEM

Local Coordination
G&G STUDIOS

Unit Coordinator
ZVI HAEN

Production Coordinators
DIANA ELBAUM
CHAIM SCHARER

Key Grip
SHIMON SHABACH

Locations in Nepal
KHAKTAPUR, DULEKHEIL,
KATHMANDU, PATAN

Unit Coordinators
AMRIT KUMAR SHAKYA
RAMESH POON

Key Grips
DEBIRAM PARAJULI
BAL SINGRAI

Locations in Hong Kong
KOWLOON, NEW TERRITORIES,
HONG KONG ISLAND

Local Coordination
SALON FILMS

Unit Coordinator
JOHN BARRY

Unit Coordinator
JOHNNY FUNG

Key Grips
TERRY FUNG
KEVIN HON

Locations in India
BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, JAIPUR,
JAISELMER, MADRAS, PUSHKAR,
VARANASI, KANCHIPURAM, GRAND TRUNK ROAD

Unit Coordinators
MANDEEP KAKKAR
MOHAMED SHAFI

Unit Coordinator - Jaiselmer
KANHAIYALAL VYAS

Unit Coordinator - Bombay
ANIL MANI

Unit Coordinator - Calcutta
NIKHIL BHAGAT

Production Liaison
AIR COMMANDER G.P. PURI

Key Grips
MANISH BHATT
P.S. JHALA

Locations in Federal Republic of Germany
BERLIN

Unit Coordinator
CHRISTIAN ZERTZ

Key Grip
ROBIN HARLOW

Location in France.
CHARTRES

Unit Coordinator
JACQUES KAHN

Key Grip
ROGER PRIOT

Re-Recording Services provided by
SPROCKET SYSTEMS,
A DIVISION OF LUCASFILM LTD.

Post Production Coordinators
TOM KOBAYASHI
CATE COOMBS
SUSAN LEAHY

Re-Recording Mixer
GARY SUMMERS

Processing by
TVC LABS, NEW YORK

Opticals by
JANOS TILENYI,
EFX, New York

Titles by
PACIFIC TITLE

Negative Cutter
NOELLE PENRAAT

Timers
REID BURNS
MIKE MILLIKEN

Presented by
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
GEORGE LUCAS

Definitions

po.waq.qatsi (from the Hopi language), n. 1. sorcerer life, an entity, a way of life that consumes the life forces of other beings in order to further its own life.

Dutch/Flemish
po.waq.qa.tsi (uit de taal der Hopi-Indianen, powaq tovenaar + qatsi leven), zn., een entiteit, een levensvorm, die de levenskracht van andere wezens gebruikt om de eigen levenskwaliteit te bevorderen.

French
powaqqatsi [powakkatsi] n. (de powaq, sorcier, et qatsi, vie). Nom donné par les Indiens Hopi d’Amérique du Nord a une manière d’être, une entité, qui se nourrit des forces vitales des autres êtres dans le but de favoriser sa propre existence.

German
Po.waq.qa.tsi (in her Sprache der Hopi, powaq = Zauberer + qatsi = Leben), ein Wesen, eine Lebensart, das die Lebenskraft anderer aufzehrt, um das eigene Leben zu fördern.

Italian
po.waq.qa.tsi (dalla lingua Hopi, s. un’entità, una forma di vita, che consuma le forze vitali di altri esseri per promuovere la propria vita.

Norwegian
powaqqatsi (fra de nordamerikanske hopi - indianernes språk, powaq - trollmann + qatsi = liv) subst., en væren, et leve-vis, som fortærer livskraften til andre vesener for å fremme sitt eget liv.

Portuguese
Powaqqatsi, s. (Hopi, idioma da tribo indígena Hopi da América do Norte, powaq feiticeiro + qatsi vida). entidade; estilo de vida; que consome as forças da vida de outros seres para progredir sua própria vida.

Spanish
powaqqatsi (del idioma Hopi, powaq = hechicero + qatsi = vida). s., una entidad, un modo de vida, que consume las fuerzas vitales de otros seres para favorecer su propia vida.

Swedish
powaqqatsi (från de Nord-Amerikanska Hopi-indianernas språk, powaq = trollkarl + qatsi = liv). sb., ett väsen, ett sätt att leva, som förtär livskraften hos andra varelser för att främja sitt eget liv.

The Music

Music by Philip Glass
(1998) 

TRACKS:

• Serra Pelada

• The Title

• Anthem-Part 1

• That Place

• Anthem-Part 2

• Mosque and Temple

• Anthem-Part 3

• Train to Sao Paulo

• Video Dream 

• New Cities in Ancient Lands,
  China

• New Cities in Ancient Lands,
  Africa

• New Cities in Ancient Lands,
  India

• The Unutterable

• CAUGHT!

• Mr. Suso #1

• From Egypt

• Mr. Suso #2 with Reflection

• Powaqqatsi

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Reviews

Music Review: 'Powaqqatsi' at the Hollywood Bowl 
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles
August 31, 2011
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'Powaqqatsi' Offers Feast of Sight, Sound
Sunday Herald, Monterey California
May 8, 1988
PDF

The power of 'Powaqqatsi'
San Jose Mercury News, San Jose, California
May 27, 1988
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Courier-News, May 19, 1988

Albuquerque Journal, August 5, 1988

Premiere Magazine, June 1988

Horizon, June 1988