Visitors (2013 film)

Visitors
Film poster
Directed by	Godfrey Reggio
Written by	Godfrey Reggio
Produced by	Craig Aspen Mara Campione Phoebe Greenberg Jon Kane Penny Mancuso Godfrey Reggio Lawrence Taub
Cinematography	Graham Berry Trish Govoni Tom Lowe
Edited by	Chris Besecker Jon Kane
Music by	Philip Glass
Production companies	Institute for Regional Education Opticnerve Noyes Films PHI Films
Distributed by	Cinedigm
Release dates	September 8, 2013 (2013-09-08) (TIFF) January 2014 (2014-01) (US)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	No dialogue
Budget	$4.6 million[1]

Visitors is a 2013 American documentary film, written and directed by Godfrey Reggio.

Summary

It explores (like his previous films) "humanity's trancelike relationship with technology."[2][3]

Music

The musical score for Visitors was composed by Philip Glass, who previously collaborated with director Godfrey Reggio on the Qatsi trilogy. Performed by the Bruckner Orchestra Linz and conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, the music was released as a soundtrack album by Orange Mountain Music on September 3, 2013.[4]

Release

It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 69% of 55 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "While director Godfrey Reggio's filmmaking style has lost some of its initial thrill, Visitors finds him returning to his familiar milieu with customary élan."[6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[7]

References

1. "Review: Godfrey Reggio and Phillip Glass Slow Down Time for "Visitors"". Huffington Post. January 21, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
2. Toronto Review: Godfrey Reggio Celebrates 30 Years Since 'Koyaanisqatsi' With Extraordinary Philip Glass-Scored 'Visitors'|IndieWire
3. After Koyaanisqatsi, Godfrey Reggio's Visitors : The Conversation
4. "Philip Glass' 'Visitors' Soundtrack Announced". Film Music Reporter. August 14, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
5. "Visitors". TIFF. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
6. "Visitors". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
7. "Visitors". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved December 10, 2022.

External links

• Visitors at IMDb
• Visitors at Rotten Tomatoes