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Philip Glass and the Godfrey Reggio's film trilogy I - III

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Abstract

The 3-part radio series was written and recorded for the program Klapka on Czech Radio Vltava, broadcast on 17.9., 24.9. and 1.10.2023.

I - Koyaanisqatsi. "Life Out of Balance" and Glass' music for the first part of the trilogy, an "ecological" film essay from 1982. Prepared and presented by Kristýna Šrámková.

II - Powaqqatsi. Flap contributes to the European Week for Sustainable Development with the second part of the trilogy "qatsi", its title translates as "living at someone else's expense". Prepared and presented by Kristýna Šrámková.

III - Naqoyqatsi. This 2002 film essay means "life as war" in the Hopi language and is the conclusion of a trilogy co-written by G. Reggio and P. Glass. Prepared and presented by Kristýna Šrámková.