Special Features
New, restored digital transfers of all three films, approved by director Godfrey Reggio; Essence of life, an interview program with Reggio and composer Philip Glass on Koyaanisqatsi; New interview with cinematographer Ron Fricke about Koyaanisqatsi; Television spots and a new interview with Reggio relating to his 1970s multimedia privacy campaign in New Mexico; Early forty-minute demo version of Koyaanisqatsi with a partial scratch soundtrack featuring poet Allen Ginsberg, along with a new introduction by Reggio; New interview with Reggio about Koyaanisqatsi's original visual concept, with behind-the-scenes footage; Impact of progress, an interview program with Reggio and Glass on their collaboration; Inspiration and ideas, a new interview with Reggio about his greatest influences and teachers; Public television interview with Reggio from 1989 about the trilogy; Anima Mundi (1992), Reggio's twenty-eight-minute montage of footage of over seventy animal species, scored by Glass; New video afteward by Reggio on the trilogy; The making of "Naqoyqatsi," a brief documentary featuring interviews with the production crew; Panel discussion on Naqoyqatsi from 2003, with Reggio, Glass, editor Jon Kane, and music critic John Rockwell; Interview with Glass and cellist Yo-Yo Ma; Trailers; PLUS: a booklet featuring essays by film scholar Scott MacDonald, Rockwell, and author and environmentalist Bill McKibben