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Koyaanisqatsi
1983
First-time filmmaker Godfrey Reggio's experimental documentary "Koyaanisqatsi" from 1983 - shot mostly in the desert Southwest and New York City on a tiny budget with no script, then attracting the support of Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas and enlisting the indispensable musical contribution of Philip Glass - delighted .. Read more
| Director | Godfrey Reggio |
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| Genres | Documentary |
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Critics' reviews (2)
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An offbeat, and often off-beam, documentary-cum-meditation about the decline of western civilisation, using the difference between the untamed American wilderness and hysterical, rush-hour Manhattan as its crux. Director Godfrey Reggio shuns narration in favour of powerful, repetitive music by minimalist composer Philip Glass to match his striking visuals. Made in the early eighties when ecological warnings were starting to take hold, it was, for all its vacuity, a surprising success. The title is a Hopi Indian word meaning “life out of balance”.
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A wildly charitable viewer might describe this as an ecological documentary. Less than 90 minutes transport us from the... read more on Time Out
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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12 out of 13 people found this review helpful
brilliant art movie
the music is great and the video images sometimes overly long will last long after you see this, philip glass soundtrack some of the best theme music ever ... more
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Historically Predictable
Several things are interesting about this film
The Philip Glass Music; it is almost a perfect match for the images, and for Glass this is about as ... more -
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Not To Be Missed
The title of the film apparently originates from a Native American Hopi word meaning, in essence, that the human race is experiencing an increasingly collective... more
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Historically Predictable
Several things are interesting about this film
The Philip Glass Music; it is almost a perfect match for the images, and for Glass this is about as ... more -
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Beauty and the Beast
I found this film fantastically inspirational. To look at the monsterous forging of the gold that is the human world. What struck me was that the film is ... more
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12 out of 13 people found this review helpful
brilliant art movie
the music is great and the video images sometimes overly long will last long after you see this, philip glass soundtrack some of the best theme music ever ... more
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9 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Historically Predictable
Several things are interesting about this film
The Philip Glass Music; it is almost a perfect match for the images, and for Glass this is about as ... more -
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Not To Be Missed
The title of the film apparently originates from a Native American Hopi word meaning, in essence, that the human race is experiencing an increasingly collective... more
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Beauty and the Beast
I found this film fantastically inspirational. To look at the monsterous forging of the gold that is the human world. What struck me was that the film is ... more
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Only a few words spring to mind
Excellent , breathtaking and fantastic , was not to sure about this one as music and movie only etc etc but it has to be watched to be enjoyed, you will not be ... more
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Beutiful, powerful and distrubing
The overwhelming emotion I felt when watching Koyaanisqatsi was one of doom. The speeded up human activity and slowed down shots of nature create a sense of the... more
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impressive
This film made me quite dizzy and I cannot say I was a fan of the repetitive Philip Glass score either, even though it is so famous. But as I was watching it, ... more
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A Transcendental Film, awesome
I saw this first on late night TV then made the effort to see it whenever it was on at Indy cinemas, usualy in some appalling version scratched and crackly, ... more
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Dated but interesting
Koyaanisqatsi is an extended montage of time-lapse camerawork accompanied throughout by the music of minimalist composer Philip Glass. There are essentially two... more
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Beautiful but cynical
A good film if not a little cynical. The representation of nature as beautiful and technology as bad is done brilliantly but it doesn't seem to make a point... more
Critics' reviews (2)
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An offbeat, and often off-beam, documentary-cum-meditation about the decline of western civilisation, using the difference between the untamed American wilderness and hysterical, rush-hour Manhattan as its crux. Director Godfrey Reggio shuns narration in favour of powerful, repetitive music by minimalist composer Philip Glass to match his striking visuals. Made in the early eighties when ecological warnings were starting to take hold, it was, for all its vacuity, a surprising success. The title is a Hopi Indian word meaning “life out of balance”.
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A wildly charitable viewer might describe this as an ecological documentary. Less than 90 minutes transport us from the... read more on Time Out
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