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Using montage techniques, Naqoyqatsi combines forms of mass media altered with digital techniques to create a swirling chronicle of the influence of technology, reflecting the ever-increasing globalisation of the world and the societies contained within it.

With a pulsing Philip Glass soundtrack graced by the beautiful cello music of Yo-Yo Ma Godfrey Reggio's NAQOYQATSI is the final instalment of his Qatsi trilogy which also includes KOYAANISQATSI and POWAQQATSI In this film computer-enhanced imagery rolls across the screen to the tune of the Glass concert music NAQOYQATSI makes a departure from the previous films which centred on the often cruel but always fascinating struggle for survival on Earth This film focuses mostly on technology industry and our increasingly machine-operated world focusing on the United States Not only are its images largely computer-generated the film is in itself about computer-generated images Strings of numbers swirl into a tunnel of black and green code rainbow-coloured Windows icons flash across the screen and a glowing computerised globe twirls in programmed perfection More natural imagery such as a horse running oceans waves crashing or soldiers sounding off in formation is displayed in computer-edited negative While the visuals start to look like stock photography their generic nature communicates another message about the narrowing of our vision as technology and industry facilitate the conversion to a more efficient systemised productivity driven global society