This paper refers to the analysis of Naqoyqatsi＇s （2002） contents, which have to be approached through some key questions： What is the director Godfrey Reggio communicating through this non-fictional work？ What i...This paper refers to the analysis of Naqoyqatsi＇s （2002） contents, which have to be approached through some key questions： What is the director Godfrey Reggio communicating through this non-fictional work？ What is the film＇s main theme？ What is the relationship between its parts？ And above all, which underlying concept attains a central place for the understanding of this film that can be considered as an audiovisual poem？ In these terms, the paper＇s purpose is to unveil Naqoyqatsi＇s meaning through a thematic and modal analysis. The aim is to contemplate both the film＇s narrative and formal aspect, in order to deeply understand the way it represents a basic human contradiction： the subjugation provoked by gravity （necessity） and the will to overcome this superior structural force through action （freedom）. Therefore, this paper intends to show that such a monumental audiovisual work is a very profound cinematographic thesis about human condition, also reflecting about the reason of social conflicts and sorrows. The method adopted in this paper implies both a conceptual film analysis and a glance over the audiovisual style, considering the intersections between the varieties of languages used by Reggio to compose this huge film indexed as a documentary and literally being a creative treatment of＂reality＂.展开更多
文摘This paper refers to the analysis of Naqoyqatsi＇s （2002） contents, which have to be approached through some key questions： What is the director Godfrey Reggio communicating through this non-fictional work？ What is the film＇s main theme？ What is the relationship between its parts？ And above all, which underlying concept attains a central place for the understanding of this film that can be considered as an audiovisual poem？ In these terms, the paper＇s purpose is to unveil Naqoyqatsi＇s meaning through a thematic and modal analysis. The aim is to contemplate both the film＇s narrative and formal aspect, in order to deeply understand the way it represents a basic human contradiction： the subjugation provoked by gravity （necessity） and the will to overcome this superior structural force through action （freedom）. Therefore, this paper intends to show that such a monumental audiovisual work is a very profound cinematographic thesis about human condition, also reflecting about the reason of social conflicts and sorrows. The method adopted in this paper implies both a conceptual film analysis and a glance over the audiovisual style, considering the intersections between the varieties of languages used by Reggio to compose this huge film indexed as a documentary and literally being a creative treatment of＂reality＂.
