But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor, only through the negative can you have the positive print. What I'm trying to get to is the positive value of negation. Godfrey Reggio factfilmmetaphor Change image and share on social
So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is in an enormous state of humiliation, I decided to make films without words. Godfrey Reggio decideenormousfeel Change image and share on social
What I'm trying to do is to at least raise a flag to the blinding light of technology. Godfrey Reggio blindflaglight Change image and share on social
The only thing I can do is type. I learned that when I was 13. Godfrey Reggio learnthingtype Change image and share on social
I think there's an enormous value to being negative. The world we live in today, negativity is not permitted. Godfrey Reggio enormouslivenegative Change image and share on social
The language of the moment or, as it were, the language of the order in which we live, is the image. I felt that if I wanted to commune with the public, I should best do so through the language of image. It's a conscious embrace of a contradiction. Godfrey Reggio communeconsciouscontradiction share on social
Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer conscious of its presence. Godfrey Reggio airbreatheconscious Change image and share on social
These films however, have ambiguity built into them, because it's too easy in film to make a strident work of propaganda or advertising, which are really the same thing anyway, meaning the message is unmistakable. Godfrey Reggio advertiseambiguitybuild share on social
I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are. Godfrey Reggio adoptaffectaware Change image and share on social
Mystery is gone to the certainty of technological principles. So the real terror, the real aggression against life comes in the form of the pursuit of our technological happiness. Godfrey Reggio aggressioncertaintyform Change image and share on social
