Post by Liftid on Dec 15, 2004 19:21:31 GMT -5
Peace
This movie was an instant classic
10 out of 10.
Product Details
* Director: Godfrey Reggio
* Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
* Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
* Aspect Ratio(s): 1.85:1
* Audio Encoding: Dolby Digital 5.1
* Rated: Unrated
* Studio: MGM/UA Video
* DVD Release Date: September 7, 2004
* Run Time: 87
* DVD Features:
o Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
o Featurette
* From IMDb: Quotes & Trivia
* ASIN: B000068OCS
* Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars Based on 120 reviews. Write a review.
* Amazon.com Sales Rank in DVD: #3,412
here's the link: www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000068OCS/qid=1103154895/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-8952459-2049615?v=glance&s=dvd
Amazon.com
"First-time filmmaker Godfrey Reggio's experimental documentary from 1983--shot mostly in the desert Southwest and New York City on a tiny budget with no script, then attracting the support of Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas and enlisting the indispensable musical contribution of Philip Glass--delighted college students on the midnight circuit and fans of minimalism for many years. Meanwhile, its techniques, merging cinematographer Ron Fricke's time-lapse shots (alternately peripatetic and hyperspeed) with Glass's reiterative music (from the meditative to the orgiastic)--as well as its ecology-minded imagery--crept into the consciousness of popular culture. The influence of Koyaanisqatsi, or "life out of balance," has by now become unmistakable in television advertisements, music videos, and, of course, in similar movies such as Fricke's own Chronos and Craig McCourry's Apogee. Reggio shot a sequel, Powaqqatsi (1988), and is planning to complete the trilogy with Naqoyqatsi. Koyaanisqatsi provides the uninitiated the chance to see where it all started--along with an intense audiovisual rush. --Robert Burns Neveldine"
Damn. Truly one of the best movies I've EVER seen. The first installment to an epic trilogy. The whole movie includes no dialogue. It Literally flips the script when it comes to the phrase: 'every picture is worth a thousand words.' This movie has the vibe of a totally raw feed. Nothing is staged, all things are left untouched and unchanged as though the subjects being filmed (those that have potential to acknowledge) are unaware of the camera's presence. A still camera recording typical everday occurrences and people endulgin in their activities as they happen. The way the movie starts off is ingenius, Basically the director choose to encompass all the landscapes that were formed by the natural elements. Displaying the beauty of "our" forests, waters, desserts etc. After about 6-7 mintues deep the movie goes into what I like to call "phase 2: enter the human." WOW! from here on out the pictures in the movie speak for themeselves. Gradually the transition is made from the Freeborn spirit of the outdoors towards the inner systematic darkness of the concrete jungle. The direct connection from how "Civilized" Man's artificial environment runs at the cost of destroying the harmonious balance of what brought us here in the first place, is vividly portrayed.
If I had to guess I would say this is the movie that inspired the matrix. Illustrated throughout the movie via a birds eye view perspective of how humans slave to feed this economically mind manipulating, tele-tyrannical beast of western civilization, day in day out. Never taking a chance to look outside of their immediate surroudings, contemplating perhaps what the future consqeunces are going to be in order to maintain the present comfort of our parasitic lifestyle choices. In particular there is one scene that stuck with me, it is the one where a microchip and a topographical view of the buildings people live in are compared; almost identical.
Believe it or not the peaks of the movie I haven't mentioned. A lot of stuff I left out that still remains to be absorbed from watchin the movie. The movie is a classic no matter what the era. Not to mention you can't go wrong with the price tag. This movie is most definetely recomended to all people with eyeballs. Powerful as Fuck!!! Also if you've seen this one and liked it, I recommend getting the sequel - Powaqatsi (Focused more on 3rd world countries with developing economies, where people can still establish control with what they do. The fragile yet vital web of human interactions). besides all that, share your thoughts. Enjoy!
This movie was an instant classic
10 out of 10.
Product Details
* Director: Godfrey Reggio
* Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
* Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby
* Aspect Ratio(s): 1.85:1
* Audio Encoding: Dolby Digital 5.1
* Rated: Unrated
* Studio: MGM/UA Video
* DVD Release Date: September 7, 2004
* Run Time: 87
* DVD Features:
o Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
o Featurette
* From IMDb: Quotes & Trivia
* ASIN: B000068OCS
* Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars Based on 120 reviews. Write a review.
* Amazon.com Sales Rank in DVD: #3,412
here's the link: www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000068OCS/qid=1103154895/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-8952459-2049615?v=glance&s=dvd
Amazon.com
"First-time filmmaker Godfrey Reggio's experimental documentary from 1983--shot mostly in the desert Southwest and New York City on a tiny budget with no script, then attracting the support of Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas and enlisting the indispensable musical contribution of Philip Glass--delighted college students on the midnight circuit and fans of minimalism for many years. Meanwhile, its techniques, merging cinematographer Ron Fricke's time-lapse shots (alternately peripatetic and hyperspeed) with Glass's reiterative music (from the meditative to the orgiastic)--as well as its ecology-minded imagery--crept into the consciousness of popular culture. The influence of Koyaanisqatsi, or "life out of balance," has by now become unmistakable in television advertisements, music videos, and, of course, in similar movies such as Fricke's own Chronos and Craig McCourry's Apogee. Reggio shot a sequel, Powaqqatsi (1988), and is planning to complete the trilogy with Naqoyqatsi. Koyaanisqatsi provides the uninitiated the chance to see where it all started--along with an intense audiovisual rush. --Robert Burns Neveldine"
Damn. Truly one of the best movies I've EVER seen. The first installment to an epic trilogy. The whole movie includes no dialogue. It Literally flips the script when it comes to the phrase: 'every picture is worth a thousand words.' This movie has the vibe of a totally raw feed. Nothing is staged, all things are left untouched and unchanged as though the subjects being filmed (those that have potential to acknowledge) are unaware of the camera's presence. A still camera recording typical everday occurrences and people endulgin in their activities as they happen. The way the movie starts off is ingenius, Basically the director choose to encompass all the landscapes that were formed by the natural elements. Displaying the beauty of "our" forests, waters, desserts etc. After about 6-7 mintues deep the movie goes into what I like to call "phase 2: enter the human." WOW! from here on out the pictures in the movie speak for themeselves. Gradually the transition is made from the Freeborn spirit of the outdoors towards the inner systematic darkness of the concrete jungle. The direct connection from how "Civilized" Man's artificial environment runs at the cost of destroying the harmonious balance of what brought us here in the first place, is vividly portrayed.
If I had to guess I would say this is the movie that inspired the matrix. Illustrated throughout the movie via a birds eye view perspective of how humans slave to feed this economically mind manipulating, tele-tyrannical beast of western civilization, day in day out. Never taking a chance to look outside of their immediate surroudings, contemplating perhaps what the future consqeunces are going to be in order to maintain the present comfort of our parasitic lifestyle choices. In particular there is one scene that stuck with me, it is the one where a microchip and a topographical view of the buildings people live in are compared; almost identical.
Believe it or not the peaks of the movie I haven't mentioned. A lot of stuff I left out that still remains to be absorbed from watchin the movie. The movie is a classic no matter what the era. Not to mention you can't go wrong with the price tag. This movie is most definetely recomended to all people with eyeballs. Powerful as Fuck!!! Also if you've seen this one and liked it, I recommend getting the sequel - Powaqatsi (Focused more on 3rd world countries with developing economies, where people can still establish control with what they do. The fragile yet vital web of human interactions). besides all that, share your thoughts. Enjoy!