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Who doesnt love the inexplicable, transportative moviegoing experience? I remember seeing Wim Wenders documentary about Cuban music, Buena Vista Social Club, and floating on that one for days. I thought I was going to see a concert film, but it took me to a place Id never been before and did it in a unique way.

Im also a tremendous science fiction fan, as this is the safest way, usually, to get audiences in the zone. (note I hate the expression the zone, but sometimes cliches, even if they are the names of fad diets, work best.) When a movie dabbles on the edge of sci-fi and is able to take you in unexpected directions, thats when I really start to get excited.

This week, taking a break from some of the more clear cut categories (e.g. World War II movies) Id like to offer up some examples of movies that you wouldnt at first consider as science fiction, but still take on (for me) the properties of good sci-fi. Some actually try to pass as sci-fi without any of the usual techniques (more on this in a bit) and some do precisely the reverse: have such a remarkable texture that they seem otherworldly.

Maybe this category is too heady or only makes sense to me. At the very least, Im going to recommend eight titles you may want to check out. And no, Im not including Tree of Life because that just came out! But I think you may have a sense of where Im headed with this. . .

Powaqqatsi (1988); Godfrey Reggio, director

The most artistically successful head film ever made is, no doubt, Reggios 1982 masterpiece Koyaanisqatsi. Youve probably seen that or at least have been meaning to and if you havent, well, trust me, youve seen its influence because its radical look at cityscapes was a massive paradigm shift in visual storytelling. My heavy cinema pals and I call that movie Big K and its been a major point of discussion for me since I first saw it in an art class in middle school.

Okay heres the thing. That major milestone has had two kinda-sorta sequels. 2002 brought Naqoyqatsi (not that good) and 1988 gave us Powaqqatsi, a pretty good also-ran.

Powaqqatsi is more clearly about something (the emerging industrialization of the third world) whereas Big K was just, like, you know, about everything, man. . .but there are still pockets where you can blast off into abstraction.

Alas, cinematographer Ron Fricke wasnt on board for this, but composer Philip Glass was and Godfrey Reggios ability to take images from nature, capture them in unusual manners and juxtapose them in significant ways still is a remarkable trip.

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