Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
- Directed by
- Godfrey Reggio
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 777 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film uses a montage of slow motion and time-lapse images to show scenes of nature and cities across the United States. It has no dialogue or story. The music and pictures together create an impression about modern life being out of balance with the natural world.
meditativehypnoticunsettlingvisually strikingslow-pacedcontemplativeawe-inspiringatmosphericdisorienting
What happens
Koyaanisqatsi is a 1982 American non-narrative documentary film directed and produced by Godfrey Reggio, featuring music by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke. Described as an "essay in images and sound on the state of American civilization", the film comprises a montage of stock footage, slow motion, and time-lapse visuals of natural and urban environments across the United States. Following its premieres at the Telluride and New York Film Festivals in 1982, it began a limited theatrical release the next year. Produced on a budget of $2.5 million, the film grossed $3.2 million at the box office, and was one of the highest-grossing documentaries of the 1980s. The title comes from the Hopi word koyaanisqatsi, meaning "life out of balance". It is the first film in the Qatsi trilogy, which was followed by Powaqqatsi (1988) and Naqoyqatsi (2002). The trilogy depicts different aspects of the relationship between humans, nature and technology. Koyaanisqatsi is the best known of the trilogy and is considered a cult film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Naqoyqatsi (2002)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.