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Koyaanisqatsi
Far from the noise of man and his industry, the world looks beautiful by its beautiful nature. The world must appear without prejudice in the form of rivers, oceans and mountains away from human intervention because the man-made world is less attractive.
August 11, 1933 in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
7 April 1938, San Francisco, California, USA
24 September 1945, Childress, Texas, USA
April 22, 1952 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA
15 November 1929, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
11 October 1950, New York City, New York, USA
8 December 1925, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
23 October 1925, Corning, Iowa, USA
14 October 1958, London, England, UK
8 September 1925, Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
October 27, 2003
Jaw dropping photography. A unique experience.
August 22, 2017
"Well now, that music was *very* foreboding; it made a shiver go right down my spine."
October 06, 2002
gets its point across through Phillip Glass' hypnotic and evocative score, cinematographer Ron Fricke's creative and provocative juxtapositions, and mystical forces
July 05, 2004
Relentlessly concerned with the surface reality of human life, Koyaanisqatsi completely misses the inner beauties and dignities of man-made civilization.
October 06, 2002
Odd, hypnotic, and frequently quite beautiful.
May 21, 2003
Unique and fascinating; great Philip Glass score
September 20, 2001
What makes this film great is its structure, the fact that photography, editing and music alone can combine to form an epic, 90-minute composition that coheres.
December 22, 2003
'A magnificent, eye-opening experience'
January 14, 2003
I guarantee you've never seen anything quite like it.
April 06, 2006
Whether or not the movie exposes a world that is manifestly out of balance, Reggio and Glass's liturgy is that rarest of art forms: an avant-garde work with purpose and substance that also succeeds as entertainment.
