Sublime cinema : experiential excess and embodied spectatorship in Godfrey Reggio's Qatsi trilogy

Certain aesthetic experiences resonate so profoundly that they can trigger extreme psychophysiological and emotional responses in the spectator. In this thesis I will explore how Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi (1982), Powaqqatsi (1988), and Naqoyqatsi (2002) exemplify that the stylistic excess...

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Main Author: Bagatavicius, Adam
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54724