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Alex, Tris and I are currently watching Powaqqatsi, which is the second in director Godfrey Reggio's trilogy of Philip Glass-scored documentaries about modern life and nature and the way they come into conflict. Where the first film, Koyaanisqatsi, was mostly about showing how life today has gotten far more fast-paced and frenetic, falling out of balance with nature, the second film focuses entirely on people, starting with idyllic sights of third world indigenous peoples leading their lives, then segueing into images of what has happened since then. (We are convinced, by the way, that Powaqqatsi, in some other language, means "a film about people who wear pink and carry things.") Eventually you end up with lots of very peaceful, idyllic scenes of people in cities, cars driving by, and very tall buildings. I think there's supposed to be a sense of conflict, but I'm not sure where it is.

Anyway, the following exchange just took place, prompted by a scene which I will excerpt a frame from shortly:

TRIS: The problem with this movie is that we're supposed to see this as bad.
ALEX: I just see this as dominoes.