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Filmmaking at its purest and most visceral – a tale full of sound and visual fury, signifying, if not exactly nothing, then something not so readily articulated in words.Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post

There are extraordinary collisions of image and music here that make for some breathtaking sequences, but when that portentous, Gregorian-chanting chorus kicks in with its repetitive mantra of the film's title, it sure sounds a whole lot like they're saying "narcolepsy," not "naqoyqatsi."Full Review

Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

I have problems with Naqoyqatsi as a film, but as a music video it's rather remarkable.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

Passionate visual indictment of the perilous state of our high-tech world.Full Review

Octavio Roca
San Francisco Chronicle

Much of this is involving, although the pace is so relentless that it leaves little time to breathe or grasp precisely what Reggio is attempting to say.Full Review

Jon Burlingame
Los Angeles Times
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