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Koyaanisqatsi is a 1982 American non-narrative documentary film directed and produced by Godfrey Reggio, featuring music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke. The film consists primarily of slow motion and time-lapse footage (some of it in reverse) of cities and many natural landscapes across the United States.
Aug 24, 1983 · Koyaanisqatsi: Directed by Godfrey Reggio. With Edward Asner, Pat Benatar, Jerry Brown, Johnny Carson. A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.
Apr 28, 1982 · Watch Koyaanisqatsi (1982) online. Experimental documentary directed by Godfrey Reggio that looks at the relationship between nature and humanity through stunning cinematography.
"Koyaanisqatsi" opens with magnificent images out of nature: great canyons and limitless deserts and a world without man. Through the use of speeded-up images, clouds climb the sides of mountains and speed across the sky, their shadows painting the landscape.
Drawing its title from the Hopi word meaning "life out of balance," this renowned documentary reveals how humanity has grown apart from nature. Featuring extensive footage of natural landscapes...
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The Qatsi trilogy [a] is a series of three non-narrative films produced by Godfrey Reggio and scored by Philip Glass. The trilogy includes Koyaanisqatsi (1982), Powaqqatsi (1988), and Naqoyqatsi (2002).
Koyaanisqatsi. An unconventional work in every way, Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi was nevertheless a sensation when it was released in 1983. This first work of The Qatsi Trilogy wordlessly surveys the rapidly changing environments of the Northern Hemisphere, in an astonishing collage created by the director, cinematographer Ron Fricke, and ...
Koyaanisqatsi, Reggio’s debut as a film director and producer, is the first film of the QATSI trilogy. The title is a Hopi Indian word meaning “life out of balance.”
The film opens on ancient Native American cave drawings, while the soundtrack chants "Koyaanisqatsi," which is a Hopi term for "life out of balance." The film uses extensive time-lapse photography (which speeds images up) and slow-motion photography to make comparisons between different types of physical motion.
Koyaanisqatsi. A motion picture essay which takes a revealing and shocking look at modern life and its imbalances. The first film in a trilogy which was followed by Powaqatsi. 484 IMDb 8.2 1 h 26 min 1982. 7+. Documentary · Ambitious · Introspective · Philosophical.
