Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance

Starring:Philip Glass
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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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
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Prepare to experience a truly remarkable filma cinematic masterpiece so extraordinary that it regales the senses, stimulates the mind and actually 'redefines the potential of filmmaking (The Hollywood Reporter). Celebrated director Godfrey Reggio, innovative cinematographer Ron Fricke and Golden Globe-winning* composer Philip Glass have created a 'spellbinding [film] so rich in beauty and detail that with each viewing it becomes a new and different film (Leonard Maltin). Unique profound mesmerizing and thought-provoking (Boxoffice), Koyaanisqatsi contrasts the tranquil beauty of nature with the frenzied hum of contemporary urban society. Uniting breathtaking imagery with a hauntingly evocative, award-winning score, it is original and fascinating (People) one of the greatest films of all time (Uncut). *1998: Score (with Burkhard Dallwitz), The Truman Show

Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance
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Must see; Must own.

koyaanas cat shi....ya lol

Putting life in the right perspective

If you want to blow $14.98 on a movie, this is for you!!!!

Wow

Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance
Starring: Philip Glass
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
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ASIN: B000068OCS
Release Date: 2002-09-17

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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

Description

Prepare to experience a truly remarkable filma cinematic masterpiece so extraordinary that it regales the senses, stimulates the mind and actually 'redefines the potential of filmmaking (The Hollywood Reporter). Celebrated director Godfrey Reggio, innovative cinematographer Ron Fricke and Golden Globe-winning* composer Philip Glass have created a 'spellbinding [film] so rich in beauty and detail that with each viewing it becomes a new and different film (Leonard Maltin). Unique profound mesmerizing and thought-provoking (Boxoffice), Koyaanisqatsi contrasts the tranquil beauty of nature with the frenzied hum of contemporary urban society. Uniting breathtaking imagery with a hauntingly evocative, award-winning score, it is original and fascinating (People) one of the greatest films of all time (Uncut). *1998: Score (with Burkhard Dallwitz), The Truman Show

Customer Reviews:

Must see; Must own........2007-07-03

Shot in the late 70's and early 80's, this film has aged quite a bit from its introduction. This, as it turns out, only adds to the works splendor. I first saw this work in a live performance at Symphony Hall, Boston in 1990. Then, which seems like yesterday, it was less then 10 years old. Never-the-less, it made a deep impression on me and the audience as it received a tumultuous standing ovation at its end. In the 17 years that have passed since I first saw it, it has only grown in its meaning and complexities.

For me, the films ultimate meaning resides in the depiction of God's creations and man's futile attempts at that same act. Looking back at the nearly 30 years since it was first shot, the scenes of the Grand Canyon, clouds, deserts, Niagara Falls, etc., look as wondrous as ever, while the clothing, cars, haircuts, etc., seem hopelessly dated and tacky. Is there something to be said of nature being perfect and timeless and man's efforts being inherently flawed?

As for the music, this remains to me Glass' masterpiece. It is his best composition and his finest overall artistic achievement.

koyaanas cat shi....ya lol.......2007-05-13

this movie is pretty good. this summarizes OUR life in a whole movie. basically, it shows how our life is fast paced and that we should slow it down a bit. but yeh, this is highly recommended.

Putting life in the right perspective.......2007-04-09

No plot, no dialogue, only great music, great images, and a great message...
Quite an outstanding movie, to be watched in concentration, with your headphones on...

It leaves something in you and helps you put things into perspective.
It has been produced back in 1983, and I found myself wondering what those human beings caught by the camera were thinking at the time... what they were worrying about, what they were their ambitions and above all - what became of them.
Thinking of these things, things fell even more into perspective...

If you want to blow $14.98 on a movie, this is for you!!!!.......2007-04-02

Do you like montage shots?

Do you like montage shots of rural countryside morphing into city side?

Do you have $14.98 to blow on a movie?

Well, then this is the movie for you!!!

Because it has montage shots, montage shots of rural countryside morphing into side city and it costs $14.98!!

But: if you're one of those picky people that wants plot, characters and people actually talking, then this is probably not your film.

Seriously, watching this movie shows you what hacks people like Shakespeare were wasting all that time with character development when they could have just spent some time developing time lapsed photography.

Oh yeah: I think the environment is important. Kyoto was a big deal and all that stuff. I also happen to admire the Hopi and if any are reading I offer to take you right now to lunch my treat!!!

But I still think this movie is maybe a little like the video version of the guy who orders an expensive wine to show you he knows about and can pronounce it.

Wow.......2007-03-31

This film has such a powerful message; and the filmmaker passes you that message without the use of words. This is great because viewers of any language can understand the films meaning. I believe that everyone should watch this movie once in their lives. I can't begin to tell the range of emotions i felt at the end of it.

Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance / Powaqqatsi - Life in Transformation / Naqoyqatsi - Life As War (3 Pack)

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Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance / Powaqqatsi - Life in Transformation / Naqoyqatsi - Life As War (3 Pack)
Director: Godfreey Reggio
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The Assault on Reason

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Language: English
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3 Disc Set

ASIN: B000QWA9LC

Product Description

Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance: Prepare to experience a truly remarkable film--a cinematic masterpiece so extraordinary that it regales the senses, stimulates the mind and actually "redefines the potential of filmmaking". Celebrated director Godfrey Reggio, innovative cinematographer Ron Fricke and Golden Globe winning composer Philip Glass have created a "spellbinding film so rich in beauty and detail that with each viewing it becomes a new and different film". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Powaqqatsi - Life in Transformation: Hailed by audiences and critics around the world as "mesmerizing", this second installment of writer/director Godfrey Reggio's apocalyptic "qatsi" trilogy is "quite simply one of the most magnificent visual and aural spectacles ever made"! Combining stunning cinematography with the exquisite music of award-winning composer Philip Glass, Powaqqatsi is a "breathtaking experience working on many levels... emotional, spiritual, intellectual and aesthetic"! Bold, haunting and epic in scale, this extraordinary film calls into question everything we think we know about contemporary society. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Naqoyqatsi - Life As War: Miramax Home Entertainment and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh present Naqoyqatsi - Life As War, from filmmaker Godfrey Reggio, in collaboration with composer Phillip Glass, whose original score features renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma. In this cinematic concert -- the concluding film of the Qatsi Trilogy preceded by the critically acclaimed Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi -- mesmerizing images reanimated from everyday reality, then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques, chronicle the shift from a world organized by the principles of nature to one dominated by technology, the synthetic, and the virtual.

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