Anyone seen the film 'Koyaanisqatsi'

Washing Machine · 04.16.2006, 06:57 AM

Has anyone seen Koyaanisquatsi....its awesome! I was just watching it thinking that Godfrey Reggio could make a fantasic Sonic Youth Video!

terminal pharmacy · 04.16.2006, 06:48 PM

the whole quatsi trilogy is great, anyone who likes baraka should see these three films

Isoflurane · 04.16.2006, 07:05 PM

Yeah I saw the whole trilogy too, very good shit.
- John

DoubleNickels · 04.16.2006, 07:52 PM

I need to watch it again. Hopefully my hatred of phillip glass will not let me have a biased opinion.

noumenal · 04.16.2006, 08:16 PM

The movies are OK, but I prefer Reich and Adams to Glass.

Boom Boom Doodly Dooooooo

atari 2600 · 04.16.2006, 09:03 PM

life out of balance

seen it

it plays on cable quite often...at least a lot more than one would think.

in addition, it was one of the first videocassettes i ever rented.

nature scene · 04.16.2006, 09:09 PM

I watched it for an avant-garde music class...

I dunno. I guess as far as "film" goes it was cool. But i found it difficult to sit through.

Everyneurotic · 04.16.2006, 09:23 PM

i thought it was some of the best stoner-without-help-of-drugs movies i've ever seen.

i don't know which one is, but the one that ends with the challenger exploding is fucking jaw dropping

i forgot the phillip glass association, actually; and at the time, i han't even heard any of glass' music

Iain · 04.17.2006, 04:03 AM

I like these films quite a bit. I saw Powaqqatisi and Naqoyqatsi on a massive screen in a opera house type place with the live Phillip Glass orchestra going on. That was pretty good apart from the fact that the last film in the trilogy is absolutely, utterly awful.

Soundtrax · 04.17.2006, 05:13 AM

great movie, great music

Washing Machine · 04.17.2006, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noumenal

The movies are OK, but I prefer Reich and Adams to Glass.

Boom Boom Doodly Dooooooo

I find many people dont like Phillip Glass, I suppose his music does take a while to grow on you, the music in Koyaanqutsi can become quite annoying, however in Powaqqatsi most of his composions are really beautiful! LOL Imagine what it would have been like if Steve Reich wrote the score!!!

!@#$%! · 04.17.2006, 12:32 PM

i agree w/ the annoyance of philip glass
or mostly boredom?

_slavo_ · 04.18.2006, 08:50 AM

ive seen all three of them.
nice, if you're in the mood.

atari 2600 · 05.09.2007, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Washing Machine

Has anyone seen Koyaanisquatsi....its awesome! I was just watching it thinking that Godfrey Reggio could make a fantasic Sonic Youth Video!

Yes and yep.

"Lives Out of Balance"
I think I watched this back in 1990. And then it played on cable a year or two ago and I caught some of it again, usually opting to mute the Glass and put on other music...like Sonic Youth!

05.09.2007, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Washing Machine

Has anyone seen Koyaanisquatsi....its awesome! I was just watching it thinking that Godfrey Reggio could make a fantasic Sonic Youth Video!

I've seen it with the score being performed live on a rooftop. I didn't think much of it.

!@#$%! · 05.09.2007, 09:10 AM

ive seen it. it was ok.

_slavo_ · 05.09.2007, 09:12 AM

I've seen Koyaanisquatsi. Too slow for me, wasn't able to watch it till the end.

nicfit · 05.09.2007, 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atari 2600

life out of balance

seen it

it plays on cable quite often...at least a lot more than one would think.

in addition, it was one of the first videocassettes i ever rented.

Quote:

Originally Posted by atari 2600

Yes and yep.

"Lives Out of Balance"
I think I watched this back in 1990. And then it played on cable a year or two ago and I caught some of it again, usually opting to mute the Glass and put on other music...like Sonic Youth!

double personality

. just kidding man, don't take this seriously.

Tokolosh · 05.09.2007, 09:29 AM

I liked them, but they're quite depressing at certain moments.

atari 2600 · 05.09.2007, 09:37 AM

haha

I was looking for a film thread to post this feature from dailyfilmdose blog and I replied to this w/o reading it.
Friday, May 4, 2007

THE LONG TAKE

The Greatest Long Tracking Shots in Cinema

04.16.2006, 06:57 AM	#1
Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	Has anyone seen Koyaanisquatsi....its awesome! I was just watching it thinking that Godfrey Reggio could make a fantasic Sonic Youth Video!
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terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	the whole quatsi trilogy is great, anyone who likes baraka should see these three films
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Isoflurane bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 149	Yeah I saw the whole trilogy too, very good shit. - John __________________ Old name: elcerebro
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DoubleNickels bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Saunderstown, RI Posts: 141	I need to watch it again. Hopefully my hatred of phillip glass will not let me have a biased opinion. __________________ I don't want to push it.
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noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	The movies are OK, but I prefer Reich and Adams to Glass. Boom Boom Doodly Dooooooo
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	life out of balance seen it it plays on cable quite often...at least a lot more than one would think. in addition, it was one of the first videocassettes i ever rented.
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nature scene 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: da souf Posts: 671	I watched it for an avant-garde music class... I dunno. I guess as far as "film" goes it was cool. But i found it difficult to sit through.
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Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	i thought it was some of the best stoner-without-help-of-drugs movies i've ever seen. i don't know which one is, but the one that ends with the challenger exploding is fucking jaw dropping i forgot the phillip glass association, actually; and at the time, i han't even heard any of glass' music __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	I like these films quite a bit. I saw Powaqqatisi and Naqoyqatsi on a massive screen in a opera house type place with the live Phillip Glass orchestra going on. That was pretty good apart from the fact that the last film in the trilogy is absolutely, utterly awful.
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Soundtrax bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Slovenia, Ljubljana Posts: 226	great movie, great music __________________ satan is boring, and so is god.
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,468	i agree w/ the annoyance of philip glass or mostly boredom?
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_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,886	ive seen all three of them. nice, if you're in the mood. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,468	ive seen it. it was ok.
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_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,886	I've seen Koyaanisquatsi. Too slow for me, wasn't able to watch it till the end. __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	I liked them, but they're quite depressing at certain moments.
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	haha I was looking for a film thread to post this feature from dailyfilmdose blog and I replied to this w/o reading it. Friday, May 4, 2007 THE LONG TAKE The Greatest Long Tracking Shots in Cinema
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