Edinburgh Festival Guide

Reviews & features: Film, Neil Cooper

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Qatsi trilogy with Philip Glass live score highlight of Edinburgh International Festival

5 Jul 2011

EIF 2011 screening of Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi and Naqoyqatsi

One of the earliest Edinburgh screenings of Koyaanisqatsi, the first of Godfrey Reggio’s remarkable trilogy of films scored by minimalist composer Philip Glass, was in an old porn cinema opposite what is now the Festival Theatre, then a bingo hall.

Nashashibi and Skaer - On a different plane

13 Jul 2009

A film-based collaboration inspired by the painting of Paul Nash

A shared belief in experimentation brought the creative talents of Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer together. Neil Cooper talks to them about the wartime painting which has inspired their new filmed collaboration