Production
Image and music are intertwined in this third collaboration between director Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass. The film was produced to celebrate the World Wildlife Fund's Biological Diversity Campaign. The film combines images of nature with pulsing rhythms in a Microcosmos (1996) meets Koyaanisqatsi (1983) spectacle.
When an ancient evil, Magor, is reawakened from his slumber in the depths of Fire Mountain he unleashes discord and destruction upon the island of Gorm.