Anima Mundi | |
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Directed by | Godfrey Reggio |
Written by | Godfrey Reggio |
Produced by | Steve Goldin Rory Johnston |
Cinematography | Graham Berry |
Edited by | Miroslav Janek |
Music by | Philip Glass[1] |
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Running time | 28 minutes [2] |
Countries | United States Italy [3] |
Language | None |
Anima Mundi (also known as The Soul of the World)[4] is a 1991 Italian-American short documentary film directed by Godfrey Reggio.[5] The film focuses on the world of nature and wildlife, particularly jungles, sealife, and insects.[6]
Anima Mundi was commissioned by Italian jewellers Bulgari for use by the World Wide Fund for Nature in their Biological Diversity Program.[7]
The film was scored by Philip Glass, who also worked with Reggio on Koyaanisqatsi (1983), Powaqqatsi (1988), and, later, on Naqoyqatsi (2002).[8] Anima Mundi features many of the techniques from the Qatsi trilogy, but it is not considered to be directly related to the series.[9]
Anima Mundi was released on the Criterion Collection alongside the Qatsi trilogy on December 11, 2012.[10][11][12]