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1982
Koyaanisqatsi is a 1982 American non-narrative documentary film directed and produced by Godfrey Reggio, featuring music by Philip Glass, cinematography by Ron Fricke and presented by filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. Described as an "essay in images and sound on the state of American civilization", the film comprises a montage of stock footage, slow motion, and time-lapse visuals of natural and urban environments…
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Today I'm not covering the subject of electronic music - although the music we hear now can sound a little bit electronic. I'm talking about one of the most famous works of contemporary classical composer Philip Glass, the soundtrack for the 1982 experimental film "Koyaanisqatsi". It is the first of a trilogy of films directed by Godfrey Reggio, followed by "Powaqqatsi" (1988) and " Naqoyqatsi" (2002), all of which…More
Nine months ago I started a little series called 'Films to Watch Before You Die', I'm not particularly sure how many films I had managed to conjure in total; it must have ended around the 30 mark until I decided to branch out and started just writing general reviews. The second recommendation, however, was 1999's Koyaanisqatsi by Godfrey Reggio, an experimental film that displays humankind's slow separation from nat…More
