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    Though VISITORS is listed as a documentary, filmmaker Godfrey Reggio adamantly states it is NOT a DOC. What it is is another of his experimental films where nothing is said or even suggested to the viewer. A documentary film explores a subject and explains it... VISITORS does not do this. Each person will react differently to this Black and White Experience of a narrative technique that can be quite mesmerizing film making on a level that is almost beyond human. Philip Glass is the collaborator whose music can move the viewer in a 100 different ways.

    Having seen, however, their trilogy of films KOYANISQATSI, POWAQQATSI and NAQOYQATSI by Reggio with the all important music of minimalist composer Philip Glass, VISITORS whose vision and sound are both provocative and unparalleled, without question, did not move me as the three previous films had. I was too familiar with the technique, therefore, the meditation of the film didn't wash over me as pure film on an emotional level as the others.

    If you, however, are not familiar with these 4 works, the entire assemblage of lush landscapes, abandoned places, animal imagery and especially in part 4, the human portraits of children and adults, it may haunt you and allow you to understand humanity a bit more. You must leave yourself open to allow the films to perform their magic. The Glass music will again aid in the process immensely... I repeat my low score is not so much indicative of the experience which is VISITORS, but my familiarity with their work that did not allow this new Visitors to speak to me on a new level I was seeking. I DO HOPE YOU'LL GIVE THE FILMS A GO AS THEY JUST MIGHT CHANGE YOUR OUTLOOK OF THIS WORLD AND THE HUMAN CONDITION. But remember their is literally not one spoken word in all 4 experimental films.

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    pietroantoni@  7.1.2015 age: 36-49 14,540 reviews

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