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''Koyaanisqatsi'' is a 1983 documentary film directed Godfrey Reggio. There is no obvious plot or story, no actors, and no dialogue. The whole film is just time-lapse footage of nature, people, and machines with music composed by Music/PhilipGlass.
Despite the premise sounding dull, the film is mesmerizing. The film starts with beautiful footage of the desert and natural rock formations. From there, human work is more and more evident. The middle section of the film is about the hustle and bustle of modern life. Towards the end, the film focuses on people of different walks of life. The last sequence is a failed rocket launch in slow motion.
Despite the premise sounding dull, the film is mesmerizing. The film starts with beautiful footage of the desert and natural rock formations. From there, human work is more and more evident. The middle section of the film is about the hustle and bustle of modern life. Towards the end, the film focuses on people of different walks of life. The last sequence is a failed rocket launch in slow motion.
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''Koyaanisqatsi'' is a 1983 documentary [[GenreMashup documentary/art/experimental]] film directed Godfrey Reggio. There is no obvious plot or story, no actors, and no dialogue. The whole film is just time-lapse footage of nature, people, and machines with music composed by Music/PhilipGlass.
Despite While the premise sounding dull, may sound dull the film is mesmerizing. The film anything but, as it is an utterly mesmerizing and captivating look at the juxtaposition of natural and man-made worlds. It starts with beautiful footage of the desert and natural rock formations. From there, human work is more and more evident. The middle section of the film is about the hustle and bustle of modern life. Towards the end, the film focuses on people of different walks of life. The last sequence is a failed rocket launch in slow motion.
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* NoPlotNoProblem: No narrative. No characters. Just 1 hour and 26 minutes of time-lapse footage of nature and life on Earth.
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* NoPlotNoProblem: No narrative. No characters. Just 1 hour and 26 minutes of time-lapse footage of nature and everyday life on the planet Earth.
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* NoPlotNoProblem: No narrative. No characters. Just time-lapse footage of nature and life on Earth.
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* NoPlotNoProblem: No narrative. No characters. Just 1 hour and 26 minutes of time-lapse footage of nature and life on Earth.
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''Koyaanisqatsi'' is a 1983 Godfrey Reggio film. There is no obvious plot or story, no actors, and no dialogue. The whole film is just time-lapse footage of nature, people, and machines with music composed by Music/PhilipGlass.
Despite the synopsis sounding dull, the film is mesmerizing. The film starts with beautiful footage of the desert and natural rock formations. From there, human work is more and more evident. The middle section of the film is about the hustle and bustle of modern life. Towards the end, the film focuses on people of different walks of life. The last sequence is a failed rocket launch in slow motion.
Despite the synopsis sounding dull, the film is mesmerizing. The film starts with beautiful footage of the desert and natural rock formations. From there, human work is more and more evident. The middle section of the film is about the hustle and bustle of modern life. Towards the end, the film focuses on people of different walks of life. The last sequence is a failed rocket launch in slow motion.
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''Koyaanisqatsi'' is a 1983 documentary film directed Godfrey Reggio film.Reggio. There is no obvious plot or story, no actors, and no dialogue. The whole film is just time-lapse footage of nature, people, and machines with music composed by Music/PhilipGlass.
Despite thesynopsis premise sounding dull, the film is mesmerizing. The film starts with beautiful footage of the desert and natural rock formations. From there, human work is more and more evident. The middle section of the film is about the hustle and bustle of modern life. Towards the end, the film focuses on people of different walks of life. The last sequence is a failed rocket launch in slow motion.
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** ''Koyaanisqatsi'' has a few similar shots during "The Grid" sequence.
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* EpicRocking: Glass composed some very long pieces for the film, the longest of which is "The Grid", which clocks in at an imposing 18:05 (21:29 if the introduction is included). Other examples include "Resource" (6:36), "Vessels" (8:13), "Pruitt Igoe" (7:51, or 9:08 with coda included), and "Prophecies" (10:34). Really though, the whole film can be viewed as a single 86 minute musical suite.
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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Again, it's more of a subliminal feeling you get watching it.
** Reggio completely refutes this idea. It's completely in the head of the viewer.
** In an interview on the Criterion Blu-ray, cinematographer Ron Fricke says he believes Reggio intended ''Koyaanisqatsi'' to present a GreenAesop: whereas '''he''' [=[Fricke]=] strove to reveal beauty in ''all'' of the images, regardless of their content. Word Of God suggests Fricke's opinion presumes Creative Differences which did not actually exist.
** Reggio completely refutes this idea. It's completely in the head of the viewer.
** In an interview on the Criterion Blu-ray, cinematographer Ron Fricke says he believes Reggio intended ''Koyaanisqatsi'' to present a GreenAesop: whereas '''he''' [=[Fricke]=] strove to reveal beauty in ''all'' of the images, regardless of their content. Word Of God suggests Fricke's opinion presumes Creative Differences which did not actually exist.
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* TheSeventies: It was largely filmed during this decade.
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* LostAesop: The film ''doesn't'' make it explicit, but that's part of the point.
* {{Montages}}: An old-school example
* NoPlotNoProblem: It's basically just sped-up images of the world.
* OminousLatinChanting: Well, Ominous Hopi Chanting.
* OminousPipeOrgan: During the title track.
* {{Overcrank}}: People walking by, the demolitions of housing projects.
* SceneryGorn: Pruitt-Igoe, in particular.
* {{Montages}}: An old-school example
* NoPlotNoProblem: It's basically just sped-up images of the world.
* OminousLatinChanting: Well, Ominous Hopi Chanting.
* OminousPipeOrgan: During the title track.
* {{Overcrank}}: People walking by, the demolitions of housing projects.
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* SilenceIsGolden: A very rare modern instance.
* SoundtrackDissonance: Particularly at the end.
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* StuffBlowingUp: The stock footage above.
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* TetrisEffect: When the film was first released in 1983, people who left the theater after seeing it on the towering screen of the Zeigfeld Theater in New York City - ''and'' with Philip Glass jacked up on the speakers - walking out into the NYC streets was a trippy thing, since the viewers had just seen what the traffic and pedestrians were like on a meta-scale. Said viewers were forever changed by the experience.
* TimeLapse: Most of the footage.
* TimeLapse: Most of the footage.
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