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Monday, 20 February 2006

Naqoyqatsi ::

Saw Reggio’s Naqoyqatsi in SF tonight, with the Philip Glass Ensemble performing the soundtrack live. Despite having perhaps gotten a whole year’s Recommended Maximum Exposure to minor-chord arpeggios in one dose, the music really worked well with the film. 89 minutes of abstract, constantly moving (often fast-moving) visuals seems to be a lot for the brain to process; the repetitive quality of the music seemed to balance that well. ...

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