Has anyone seen this film? I saw it just earlier on the Sundance Channel and it really moved me! It's got no dialogue whatsoever, but it has a moving musical score which spans landscapes of nature to the technological world of today. The film pivots back and forth between slow-motion and time-lapse, giving fluidity and languidness all at the same time. It's really saddening when you think about part of the theme; natural environment has been replaced by a mechanical, automatated man-made "nature" which fills us with all sorts of hardships that I wonder if mankind was ever meant to endure. :unsure: I particularly found the last 20 minutes very captivating of the theme and human autonomy in general - every time that deep organ drone kicks in and the bass choir starts up chanting, "Koyaanisqatsi," you know you're going to be in for another mental bullet to dodge. :think:

This is a great film, but it is not recommended if you suffer the effects of a short attention span. (Kudos to the modern media....)

If you've seen this film, what are your views on it?

actually this is #1 in my netflix queue... I'll let you know in a few days

I got to see it when it first came out. (i.e. In a theater) It made quite an impression on me. It was the first time that I got to see film as an art form rather than just a bit of light, mindless entertainment. I didn't particularly like the music at first (I hadn't started my love affair with Classical Music just yet and found it *way* too repetitive), but I was practically hypnotized by the visual imagery. A definite must-see!

I LOVE Philip Glass's music. The man is a fabulous composer. Some of his stuff just...frazzles my brain, but in a good way :lol:

-Emma

whoooooaaaa... that was weird/cool/crazy/awesome all at once. Great imagery, good music (although the repetition got to me at the end of the fast-motion segment)

And another person is Koyaanisqatsi-ized. :P

Yeh, it was pretty a pretty unique movie, but you really have to allot yourself some time to enjoy this (the pace of the movie is very deliberate). The soundtrack is pretty nice too (though I like Powaqqatsi's soundtrack best of the "Qatsi" trilogy; it sounds quite different from the usual Glass stuff).