>Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance, is a 1982 American experimental film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke.
>The film consists primarily of slow motion and time-lapse footage of cities and many natural landscapes across the United States. >The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and music. >Reggio explained the lack of dialogue by stating "it's not for lack of love of the language that these films have no words. It's because, from my point of view, our language is in a state of vast humiliation. It no longer describes the world in which we live." >In the Hopi language, the word Koyaanisqatsi means "unbalanced life".
Luis Martinez
Its an amazing visual narrative. The last scene made me cry.
Do not watch its sequels, they are not as good, and are too preachy.
Baraka, and Samsara are top notch as well. Watch highest quality on the biggest screen. Baraka has a 4k release and/or scan
Grayson Sanders
Love it a lot OP, rewatch it once every year or so Have you seen the rest of the series? And have you watched Baraka and Samsara?
Bentley Mitchell
I started watching powaqqatsi but after 20 minutes stopped it. It's nowhere near as deep as Koyaanisqatsi. (As also states)
A few months ago the Philip Glass ensemble played Koyaanisqatsi live with the movIe playing behind them on screen at lowlands festival. It was a great experience.
I will watch Barala amd Samsara, thanks.
Nathan Gutierrez
it's a shame that the people of this board only care about the latest episode of some soap series.
John Bailey
the part where it goes bad ass with the name of the movie on audio KOOOOYNANNYSQUATSUUUUUUUUU with the deep voice so great me rikey
Oliver Cooper
>1.85:1 Another pleb transfer for the pile.
Colton Richardson
>watching a dvd rip. why
Jose Reed
>wrong aspect ratio >"remaster"
no.
David Diaz
Blu-ray's are all cropped.
Oliver Turner
The director approved the Criterion remaster.
Owen Jones
>The last scene made me cry.
Weird. Me too. I almost never cry at any media but damn I love this film and its so powerful.
Jaxon Gutierrez
thx for the rec
Charles Gomez
welcome! enjoy.
Colton Myers
Best part is the music, visuals are also stunning. What I didn't like is the preachy attitude but you can safely ignore that. Yeah, yeah, humans bad nature good. I get it.
Jackson Williams
the first two movies were brilliant and the third was meh
i agree with that one guy:"digital age is the end of cinema. cinema cannot represent digital age."
Logan Williams
I don't understand morons who say they can watch and enjoy this film, and stuff like Baraka, but yet NOT appreciate art house films?
How the fuck does your brain even work?
Noah Stewart
>Reggio is a hack >Philip Glass music is musickino tho >Ron Fricke photo is kinomatography too
Damm, mixed feelings
Bentley Hall
I love Koyaanisqatsi. Had the good fortune of seeing it again, but live, a month or 2 ago by the Philip Glass ensemble.
I'm not an emotional guy, but with Koyaanisqatsi I have to hold it in. The music, the visuals. it's fucking great.
Isaac Parker
the 'preachy attitude' is in your own mind, really. you are the interpreter of the film.
'arthouse' is a very wide genre. like 'cartoons': Aeon Flux is a cartoon, but so are the carebears.
Leo Fisher
>Cred Forums actually likes a truly good movie color me surprised
Chase Smith
It stole the soundtrack from Interstellar.
Brandon Hill
It's you who should approve of what you're watching :)
Ethan Martinez
Baraka and Samsara are better
I didn't notice any narratives in any of these films other than "humans bad nature good"
Koyan has nice scenes but it plays like a demo reel for the other two
Adrian Robinson
So this is just a bunch of retarded stock footage? What's the point? Might as well watch a youtube stock footage channel?
Jack Bennett
A Chris Marker film except aimed at retards.
Ryder Martin
>Baraka and Samsara are better pleb.jpg
Oliver Foster
better a supposed pleb than a contrarian
what does koyan do that the others dont do better?
Mason Russell
Real amazing experience to see on the big screen.
I can't imagine how it would have felt watching it back in the 80s ; it'd be like a caveman seeing fire. So many shots from the film are standard now; the original impact must have been immense.
Christian Turner
Koyaanisqatsi has a point.
Liam Roberts
Philip Glass >>> Michael Stearns
Owen Thompson
>stock footage
Jace Lopez
No memes, literally blew my mind.
I was sober at the time too.
A 10/10 for me. Profoundly affecting. Sorry to sound like a gaylord.
Kayden Baker
I didn't even get that from it. I actually thought, in parts, it showed how awesome we were. We managed to alter the envrionment in minutes in a manner that took the elements thousands of years.
Then there are the parts that made me feel like an ant.
Nathan Parker
>The last scene made me cry.
Why though? It wasn't an actual disaster or anything.
The great music basically carried the film. Personally I feel like they could have selected more powerful footage. Like I really expected something more epic than the take down of some old apartment building for that theme form Watchmen. But maybe then it would have been too cliche.
Also >this scene
Robert Carter
>but yet NOT appreciate art house films?
Well these films all have some great visuals and music to offer. With arthouse movies you sometimes are literally watching paint dry.