Koyaanisqatsi

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[IndustriousAngel]

What can I say ... this blew me away when I was 15. Then, it was only the second film I paid twice to watch on the big screen (the first being "The Dark Crystal"). It's still a breathtaking film; Ron Frickes images and Philip Glass' Score make this a treat for the senses. In fact, Glass never did better than with Koyaanisqatsi even if there are a few other works of his I like to listen to now and then.The only debatable aspect is if Godfrey Reggio was aware of what he was creating. Intended was a film highlighting how deformed and removed from nature western civilisation has become, with strong emphasis on technology and the bomb. What we experience on screen are the majesty of nature paralleled with the majesty of human civilisation. Ironically, there are few films depicting techology in such aesthetic imagery - the heat-distorted 747s, the moon-behind-skyscraper-scenes, the nightly time-lapses arterial streets pulsing with artificial life ... my guess is that Ron Fricke has some mental block turning him incapable of producing an ugly shot.

[Jack Nevada]

This movie in three words:holyfucking shit10/10

[bartonfink]

One of the boldest cinematic feast. It strikes you, then you will never forget.

[luna]

4th greatest film of all time.

[The Stingray]

An amazing audiovisual experience.

 

10/10

[Ezen Baklattan]

What can I say ... this blew me away when I was 15. Then, it was only the second film I paid twice to watch on the big screen (the first being "The Dark Crystal"). It's still a breathtaking film; Ron Frickes images and Philip Glass' Score make this a treat for the senses. In fact, Glass never did better than with Koyaanisqatsi even if there are a few other works of his I like to listen to now and then.The only debatable aspect is if Godfrey Reggio was aware of what he was creating. Intended was a film highlighting how deformed and removed from nature western civilisation has become, with strong emphasis on technology and the bomb. What we experience on screen are the majesty of nature paralleled with the majesty of human civilisation. Ironically, there are few films depicting techology in such aesthetic imagery - the heat-distorted 747s, the moon-behind-skyscraper-scenes, the nightly time-lapses arterial streets pulsing with artificial life ... my guess is that Ron Fricke has some mental block turning him incapable of producing an ugly shot.

While the way the film is trying to be seems obvious, Reggio says that the film that the film has no one meaning and any meaning the viewer has is in their head.