Powaqqatsi (1988) review

Part two of Reggio's Qatsi trilogy shows individuals in different parts of the world working the land and carrying wheat and pots, dirty children with beaming faces and monks praying ... and then there are skyscrapers, people stuffed in crowded cities, etc.  The cinematography (by Graham Berry and Leonidas Zourdoumis) with the overhead shots of the buildings and fields is fine but not nearly as impressive as its predecessor (with its time-lapsed imagery) and Philip Glass' score is pleasantly mesmerizing, but I'm not sure what point he's trying to make: are the folks who live "in nature" instead of surrounded by concrete and steel structures happier?  Should we construct grass huts and kill animals for their pelts to survive the long winters?  And what about a happy medium, like living in the suburbs, mowing the lawn every week and maintaining a small garden?  The title comes from the Hopi language and roughly translates to "I Have My Head Up My Rectum."