Even if the film is meant to portray a negative view of humanity and its relationship with the environment, this scene should make anyone feel awestruck and overwhelmed by the scale of civlisation we've built. Watching the utter complexity of the world we've created distilled in such a way like this should deeply affect us every one of us. In my view I'm thankful to be alive in time to at least watch how human civilization is growing and changing in an increasingly complex and rapid way.
I dont think so. It's up to interpretation. I think it's more a testament to the human spirit and the "to err is to human" quote. Despite all our intelligence, organisation and civilisations, we will still make errors, the last scene is just that. A botched missile launch. I had a more morally ambiguous interpretation to draw from this movie.
Memorized the form in1993. This broke my criteria of good music and is one of my most beloved pieces of music. its the "Ironic punishment division of Hell" our society has become. I was lucky enough to see Koyaanisquasi live in Vancouver in 2005
3:23 every single one of those cars has a driver (and maybe passengers) with their own beliefs, thoughts, ideas. they’re all alike in their individuality. it’s a modern marvel.
This film is uplifting, not depressing. The stately skyscrapers, energy and movement. Look at the great civilisation we have created, it is like a single organic orgasm of multiple and fantastically well designed parts.
They were recorded and mixed in similar fashion although Akira used the first Dream Machine to mix the hundreds of voices This , by glass, was done almost decade earlier and was done with very little digital assistance
@@haroldishoy5442 This particular part is LA. The Grid sequence shifts predominantly between LA, NYC, and even some of San Francisco (the Bay Bridge makes an appearance in another clip.)
This has always been my favorite part of the Glass score.
Even if the film is meant to portray a negative view of humanity and its relationship with the environment, this scene should make anyone feel awestruck and overwhelmed by the scale of civlisation we've built. Watching the utter complexity of the world we've created distilled in such a way like this should deeply affect us every one of us. In my view I'm thankful to be alive in time to at least watch how human civilization is growing and changing in an increasingly complex and rapid way.
I dont think so. It's up to interpretation. I think it's more a testament to the human spirit and the "to err is to human" quote. Despite all our intelligence, organisation and civilisations, we will still make errors, the last scene is just that. A botched missile launch. I had a more morally ambiguous interpretation to draw from this movie.
You'll likely still be alive to see it all collapse, just like the rocket.
That's what Powaqqatsi was all about. And it really is a great follow-up to this film. Life Out of Balance to Life in Transformation.
I think I have watched these four or five minutes of film over 100 times. It takes me to another place and never gets old.
I never get tired of watching this film.
Memorized the form in1993. This broke my criteria of good music and is one of my most beloved pieces of music. its the "Ironic punishment division of Hell" our society has become. I was lucky enough to see Koyaanisquasi live in Vancouver in 2005
3:23 every single one of those cars has a driver (and maybe passengers) with their own beliefs, thoughts, ideas. they’re all alike in their individuality. it’s a modern marvel.
not to mention, this was filmed in the early 80s. if a driver was 30, they are now about 70. if a driver was 60, they are now about 100.
Definitive of life in the late 20th century and beyond. I also never get tired of watching this film.
Thank you. Best part of the movie for sure. Koyaanisqatsi has some of the best pacing in non-verbal movies history (second only to Baraka, imo)
My favourite bit is the bass drop at 3:44
One of the best films ever made, the editing is...Perfection...Gerry.
Our organism of steel, glass and concrete, the great motherboard.
humans are a cibernetic organism in all definition
Love those French Horns.
the audi and visuals in this film give me the shivies
This film is uplifting, not depressing. The stately skyscrapers, energy and movement. Look at the great civilisation we have created, it is like a single organic orgasm of multiple and fantastically well designed parts.
***** Godfrey Reggio says the film is about the "beauty of the beast".
***** Well said, sir. Well said indeed.
Yea, but ignoring the COSTs of all that wonder - is suicidal.
Breathtaking. This movie changed my perception.
Great film, I see the first time one day of saturday in 2005 in the channel MGM, wonderfull.
Some of the vocals in the music remind me of the vocals in Akira.
Daaa!
They were recorded and mixed in similar fashion although Akira used the first Dream Machine to mix the hundreds of voices
This , by glass, was done almost decade earlier and was done with very little digital assistance
@@kristinarain9098 wouldnt be shocked if Yamashiro based his creation on this soundtrack, since both the movie and AKIRA has similar themes
That shot at the beginning, panning across downtown Los Angeles, has always been probably my favorite part of the whole movie. :-D
tall32guy Are you certain this is LA? I had always supposed it was NYC.
@@haroldishoy5442 This particular part is LA. The Grid sequence shifts predominantly between LA, NYC, and even some of San Francisco (the Bay Bridge makes an appearance in another clip.)
Fricke's exposure for this sequence has piqued my interest. I wonder what f-stop and shutter speed he used....
this film is soooo depressing... :(
modernism is quite a tragedy to society. (though I do accept it to a degree and enjoy robert glass)
Where is part two?
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somehow this reminds me of the borg. and in a way we are just like them. assimilating everything we can find.
There is a part of me that detests Minimalism and Phillip Glass and there is a part of me that loves both...this is one of the love parts
Funny to see that streetlights were actually blue-ish in the US back in those days. Ours have always been orange.
@Fmaack So does Otto (The Simpsons) (come to think of it, who doesn't?
Go with your cursor to 3:02 and move it from left to right repeatedly.
the fountain...communication tower using lights blood flo we look like white blood cells!
So basically a Tame Impala music video...
E Pluribus Unum????????????????
@CollinZfresh It's Philip Glass
@Conduit13 I meant Philip Glass. I some how mixed the superintendent of Detroit Schools with him. haha
tl, adl
too long, almost didn't listen
lame.
stfu
You are lame