Koyaanisqatsi director Godfrey Reggio returns together with his first characteristic in a decade, Once Within a Time, opening this Friday at New York’s IFC Center from Oscilloscope Labs. In Filmmaker‘s Fall, 2014 issue, Reggio, co-director Jon Kane and DP Trish Govoni discussed the “perfect image” of his last feature, Visitors, which was comprised of just 74 black-and-white shots, each running 70 or so seconds. Made during the COVID-19 pandemic, the animated Once Within a Time is a very different work, described as “a bardic fairy tale about the end of the world and the beginning of a new one, tinged with apocalyptic comedy, rapturous cinematography, unforgettable vistas, and the innocence and hopes of a new generation.” Reggio’s longtime collaborator, composer Philip Glass, contributes the rating, with extra vocals from Sussan Deyhim, and, like Visitors, the movie is co-directed by veteran editor and filmmaker Jon Kane.
