History YMMV / Koyaanisqatsi

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* JustHereForGodzilla: A lot of people watch the film patiently waiting for the penultimate 15 minutes "The Grid" sequence.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The whole thing. One of Philip Glass's best-known works, and with good reason.
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: As Kyle Kallgren of WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh pointed out, the movie supposes to show the dehumanizing aspect of the neoliberal way of life but seems like a celebration of it. He called it "one of the greatest texts in neoliberalism in the last half of century." However, this indicates MisaimedFandom.

* JustHereForGodzilla: A lot of people watch the film patiently waiting for the penultimate 15 minute "The Grid" sequence.

* NewerThanTheyThink: Superspeed time lapse photography was new. Only ''Film/{{TRON}}'' and ''[[Music/TheWall Pink Floyd: The Wall]]'' had employed it - and only briefly.
* OlderThanTheyThink: Many viewers think [[spoiler:the exploding rocket]] was the space shuttle ''Challenger'', which [[spoiler:was destroyed]] three years after this movie came out. [[spoiler:The explosion filmed was with an unmanned Navy Atlas rocket, about 20 years earlier.]] HarsherInHindsight too, especially considering the ominous song title; "Prophecies".

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Believe it or not, time lapse photography was relatively ''new'' and few people ever experienced it at this scale.

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* EarWorm:
** Philip Glass's music ''will'' get ''will'' get stuck ''will'' get ''will'' get stuck ''will'' get stuck get stuck stuck ''will'' get stuck stuck get stuck in your head.
** The Anthem from ''Powaqqatsi'' is another Ear Worm.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: TheMovie. Godfrey Reggio said that the entire experience was up to the viewer. For instance, after "The Grid", there's a lone patient (whose arm is the only visible part of her) whose blood IV has come out, and it waving desperately for someone to help. Is it a stark look at isolation, or a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} because a nurse comes to help her? Another shot is of a disheveled vagrant who seems to be a little mentally disturbed grinning at the few coins in his hand - is he happy at having some money to eat with, or is he pathetically deluded at the pittance in his hand?

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: As Kyle Kallgren of WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh pointed out, the movie supposes to show the dehumanizing aspect of the neoliberal way of life but seems like a celebration of it. He called it "one of the greatest texts in neoliberalism in the last half of century."

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: As Kyle Kallgren of WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh pointed out, the movie supposes to show the dehumanizing aspect of the neoliberal way of life but seems like a celebration of it. He called it "one of the greatest texts in neoliberalism in the last half of century."

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* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: As Kyle Kallgren of WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh pointed out, the movie supposes to show the dehumanizing aspect of the neoliberal way of life but seems like a celebration of it. He called it "one of the greatest text in neoliberalism in the last half of century."

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: TheMovie. Godfrey Reggio said that the entire experience was up to the viewer. For instance, after "The Grid", there's a lone patient (whose arm is the only visible part of her) whose blood IV has come out, and it waving desperately for someone to help. Is it a stark look at isolation, or a HeartwarmingMoment because a nurse comes to help her? Another shot is of a disheveled vagrant who seems to be a little mentally disturbed grinning at the few coins in his hand - is he happy at having some money to eat with, or is he pathetically deluded at the pittance in his hand?

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: As Kyle Kallgren of BrowsHeldHigh pointed out, the movie supposes to show the dehumanizing aspect of the neoliberal way of life but seems like a celebration of it. He called it "one of the greatest text in neoliberalism in the last half of century."

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: And all the better for it.

* DoingItForTheArt: Aside from Reggio, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola was one of the major backers of the experimental film while Creator/GeorgeLucas and Golan & Globus backed ''Powaqqatsi'' alongside Creator/StevenSoderbergh backed up the final film ''Naqoyqatsi''.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: TheMovie. Godfrey Reggio said that the entire experience was up to the viewer. For instance, after "The Grid", there's a lone patient (whose arm is the only visible part of her) whose blood IV has come out, and it waving desperately for someone to help. Is it a stark look at isolation, or a HeartwarmingMoment because a nurse comes to help her? Another shot is of a disheveled vagrant who seems to be a little mentally disturbed grinning at the few coins in his hand - is he happy at having some money to eat with, or is he pathetically deluded at the pittance in his hand?

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* LeFilmArtistique: One of the best examples and one of the few to influence mainstream cinema.

* LeFilmArtistique: One of the best examples and one of the few to influence mainstream cinema.

* TheEighties
* TheSeventies

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* DoingItForTheArt: Aside from Reggio, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola was one of the major backers of the experimental film while Creator/GeorgeLucas and Golan & Globus backed ''Powaqqatsi'' alongside Creator/StevenSodenbergh backed up the final film ''Naqoyqatsi''.

* DoingItForTheArt: Aside from Reggio, Creator/FrancisFordCoppola was one of the major backers of the experimental film. While Creator/GeorgeLucas and Golan & Globus backed ''Powaqqatsi''.

* AwesomeMusic: TheMovie.

* [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Crowning Music Of Awesome]]: The whole thing. One of Philip Glass's best-known works, and with good reason.

* EarWorm: Philip Glass's music ''will'' get ''will'' get stuck ''will'' get ''will'' get stuck ''will'' get stuck get stuck stuck ''will'' get stuck stuck get stuck in your head.

** The haunting and ominous title track is sometimes used to convey TranquilFury.
*** Fits even more if you have a shot of someone [[DeathGlare glaring]], such as [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy]].

* OlderThanTheyThink: Many viewers think [[spoiler:the exploding rocket]] was the space shuttle ''Challenger'', which [[spoiler:was destroyed]] three years after this movie came out. [[spoiler:The explosion filmed was with an unmanned Navy Atlas rocket, about 20 years earlier.]]
** HarsherInHindsight too, especially considering the ominous song title; "Prophecies"

*** Fits even more if you have a shot of someone glaring, such as [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy]].