I remember enjoying this film for a good hour, but then when this entire Grid sequence started, I was entranced. I couldn't look away. It was almost hypnotizing. Easily my favorite film of all time.
This good 20 minute in total section of the film is what I can only describe as us, as a species, being studied/scrutinized under a microscope. Scurrying about like ants all with a routine.
Ironic that this whole "modern technology" sequence is now just early '80s nostalgia, as most of this technology has itself become obsolete, lifestyles have changed, the jobs no longer exist, or have been outsourced to other countries.
I remember watching it for the first time in a movie theater and the whole movie audience including myself let out a collective gasp as if we had been running a marathon. This sequence in the movie runs about 20 minutes and near the end the speed of the visuals is so accelerated that you feel like your taking a psychedelic trip on a roller coaster. I had the pleasure of seeing two live performances of this film where the music is live played by the Phillip Glass Ensemble while the movie is projected on a screen. The first time I saw a live performance was at Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA. I almost didn't get in because it was a sell out. It was one of the best movie experiences of my life. The second time was at the Hollywood Bowl, also exciting but not as exciting as the Royce Hall performance. Phillip Glass used to do world tours of this program. I'm not sure if he is still doing so.
Can't believe this is 40 years old now. First saw it in 1985 when I was 17 and never did I think I'd be watching it in my 50s thinking 'Yup, that's exactly where my head is right now..' The Philip Glass soundtrack is perfect too...
All those escalators at 2:04 were part of the PATH station underneath the original World Trade Center. Sad to think all of that is completely destroyed now.
This is the most depressing part of the movie. Not the demolition of Pruitt-Igoe, ghetto scenes or derelict people in the streets. Standing at the machine every day for all my life I'm used to do it and I need it It's the only thing I want It's just a rush, push, cash Yello, Bostich
Most of these factories were in America, during the time this was filmed. Now, most of all of them are in China. That’s where most of our goods comes from😒. Problem with that is, if our relationship with China ever goes tits up (and it’s threatening to as of 2023), guess what will happen.
I just watched the timestamp of that episode and never noticed that. Thats cool. I guess it is kind of fitting. Koyaanisqatsi is basically about the human condition being devoured by technology. In that scene innocent people are devoured by an interdimensional beast
This is how people interact depicted with precision. This stuff is always made just like that. It needs to be made because otherwise humanity forgets itself in short order. We call it "Dog's Stuff" because if it talked, it would be like constant dog barking. I've been living in the placeholder area...that's where there's all that flat screen, driverless cars, and social media stuff is for those who get overwhelmed with Dog's Stuff...to figure myself out, but I'm eager to get into the swing of management :3c I'm glad I got the connections, The Rainbow Path out of society's belly comes naturally to me....So i've been keeping the Doggy Castoffs close. I watch these segments of this film because It gets me all hot and bothered. Ttfn, i'm heading home!
What the hell are you talking about? It is important for you to interact and communicate with others in order to understand and remember who you are as a human being. This is often referred to as "Dog's Stuff," as it can be overwhelming and constantly demanding, like the barking of a dog. You have been living in a place where technology, such as flat screen TVs and driverless cars, and social media are prevalent in order to figure out who you are?? However, you are now ready to take on the responsibilities of management??? You have the necessary connections and feel confident in your ability to navigate through society. Watching certain segments of this film excites you too...
@@daustin8888in many ways it WAS a simpler time than these days. Yeah it had its problems. Every decade does but I’d rather trade todays problems for the ones back then because they pale in comparison to todays!
As a person studying anthropology and space, I believe this is the best visual representation of the "social rhythm" suggested by lefebvre.
I remember enjoying this film for a good hour, but then when this entire Grid sequence started, I was entranced. I couldn't look away. It was almost hypnotizing. Easily my favorite film of all time.
So funny to me to watch people zoom around at ultra-high speed. lol.
Same. I think it may be my favorite movie of all time.
This good 20 minute in total section of the film is what I can only describe as us, as a species, being studied/scrutinized under a microscope. Scurrying about like ants all with a routine.
Ironic that this whole "modern technology" sequence is now just early '80s nostalgia, as most of this technology has itself become obsolete, lifestyles have changed, the jobs no longer exist, or have been outsourced to other countries.
It just makes you wonder what this film would look like if it were shot now. The fourth industrial revolution has truly changed a lot
I mean, people are still exploited like this, just not Americans anymore. It’s worse than ever, actually
Samsara is sort of in the sale vein and shot more recently :D
@@MKMousanz Workers unite, eh?
80s nostalgia is already cliche, this movie is timeless lol
I love the cut from the sausage-making machine to the banks of escalators at Grand Central!
Twinkies used to be so big! And they are being handled by workers without gloves...yuck.
Someone else mentioned it could be PATH under Yamazaki's WTC
We are the hot dogs
I noticed that too. It's really genius. There's so many moments like that hidden in this film.
Hell yeah, graduated cum laude off a thesis I wrote that probably took half a page to talk about that cut lmao
If you see Koyaanisqatsi only for Pruitt Igoe and Prophecies, there is one particular sequence that will defeat them all, and that is The Grid.
I also watch Koyaanisqatsi for Koyaanisqatsi.
@@jacobangeles5539I watch it for powaqatsi and Anima mundi
This is actually a slow and leisurely pace of life by 2021 standards.
Yep. Everyone so impatient and CONSTANTLY in a frenetic hurry!
0:04 It sounds like they're chanting "HOT DOGS, HOT DOGS!"
Lmao true
Was this intentional because of the sausages?
I remember watching it for the first time in a movie theater and the whole movie audience including myself let out a collective gasp as if we had been running a marathon. This sequence in the movie runs about 20 minutes and near the end the speed of the visuals is so accelerated that you feel like your taking a psychedelic trip on a roller coaster.
I had the pleasure of seeing two live performances of this film where the music is live played by the Phillip Glass Ensemble while the movie is projected on a screen. The first time I saw a live performance was at Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA. I almost didn't get in because it was a sell out. It was one of the best movie experiences of my life. The second time was at the Hollywood Bowl, also exciting but not as exciting as the Royce Hall performance. Phillip Glass used to do world tours of this program. I'm not sure if he is still doing so.
Every baby you see in this movie is at least 40 years old now
Probably a little older, this film took a few years to make, starting in 1975.
Yep I saw a few kids that were about the age I was then. I’ll now be 50 next year. :/
@@crazyfox9ohmany of the scenes in this segment are from 81 or 82 though. I can tell.
Can't believe this is 40 years old now. First saw it in 1985 when I was 17 and never did I think I'd be watching it in my 50s thinking 'Yup, that's exactly where my head is right now..' The Philip Glass soundtrack is perfect too...
All those escalators at 2:04 were part of the PATH station underneath the original World Trade Center. Sad to think all of that is completely destroyed now.
makes it all the more poignant
Yeah, but Cheney and the Military Industrial Complex is laughing at you, sukka.
This movie gave me chills
Hypnotic!
My favorite part of the movie :’) Philip glass music is incredible
Hehehe
a constant aggressive flow of people and vital activity, human factory, gutting brains...scary as hell
Still happens on a daily basis all over the world
4:05 My favorite part of the chorus, which gives me goosebumps, every time I hear it.
These people were building the world we now inhabit.
"We're functioning automatik
and we are dancing mechanik.
We are the robots."
Kraftwerk, 1978
That elderly black lady on the right at 5:00 drinkin her smoothie. 😂 she is cute and funny!
This is what mania sounds like. The following track makes it perfect.
The greatest film ever made.
This movie is incredible
When an entire society slowly melts into onr organism
Damn. I ain’t eaten yet this morning and those potato skins at 4:15 look BOMB! 😂
3:06 - Time-lapse shot of a woman playing Ms. Pac-Man and it’s from Namco.
I think everyone knows what Pac-Man is.
Punch-card computers baffle me lol
Me too. I was born in 74 and they are STILL before my time. lol
3:20 looks like he could be The Completionist's dad
He’s teaching him the way of completionism
He looks like a lot of young men these days. lol. The glasses and beard. All of that is back in. :)
This is the most depressing part of the movie. Not the demolition of Pruitt-Igoe, ghetto scenes or derelict people in the streets.
Standing at the machine every day for all my life
I'm used to do it and I need it
It's the only thing I want
It's just a rush, push, cash
Yello, Bostich
It's the matrix, learn to code, and you'll be free. Lay off the smokes.
I had seen this movie in 2010 before I had made the commitment in purchasing the Qatsi trilogy on Blu-ray on April 2021.
Top 10 movie scenes of all time
Most of these factories were in America, during the time this was filmed. Now, most of all of them are in China. That’s where most of our goods comes from😒. Problem with that is, if our relationship with China ever goes tits up (and it’s threatening to as of 2023), guess what will happen.
2:15 : Un extrait utilisé dans le générique de l'émission Des Racines & Des Ailes.
6:10 - some kind of genius editing here. In a capitalist society, the man is comparable to meat.
Indeed, people are the "meat" on which the machine is fed.
Also the quick shots of money between those two ideas. Machinery, capital, meat, all moving along the conveyor belt.
Also note at 2:00, it cuts directly from hot dogs on tracks to people on escalators. Visually similar, looks intentional as well.
Le Bon now and vor ever ?
You should have started this when the moon disappears behind the skyscraper!
Certains extraits comme ceux de 0:15 2:15 ainsi que 2:51 font partie du générique de l'émission Des racines & des ailes
Does anybody know what those women do from 0:20 ?
If I had to guess, they are sorting mail.
minimal, yet monumental.
I remember getting high in college
Bout sums it up
Watched this a very long while and you can say I was shocked when they used The Grid in Stranger Things Season 3 episode 6 54:00 mark
I just watched the timestamp of that episode and never noticed that.
Thats cool.
I guess it is kind of fitting. Koyaanisqatsi is basically about the human condition being devoured by technology. In that scene innocent people are devoured by an interdimensional beast
Fuck stranger things
82
1:39
Ray of Light by Madonna
I've no idea why this film works as well as it does. It has no right to.
0:54
this shit go hard
“We used to build shit in this country"
that's a lot of hotdogs
Human life is a ridiculous thing. This movie should be preserved better than the bible. Is the best documentary of our civilization as species.
Nah Baraka still number 1#
No. Koyaanisqatsi is the GOAT. Without Koyaanisqatsi, there wouldn't be Baraka.
Baraka is cool, but I prefer Koyaanisqatsi
people are sausages
Er jou texaschainsaw the real men
The food looks inedible trash!
This is how people interact depicted with precision. This stuff is always made just like that. It needs to be made because otherwise humanity forgets itself in short order. We call it "Dog's Stuff" because if it talked, it would be like constant dog barking. I've been living in the placeholder area...that's where there's all that flat screen, driverless cars, and social media stuff is for those who get overwhelmed with Dog's Stuff...to figure myself out, but I'm eager to get into the swing of management :3c
I'm glad I got the connections, The Rainbow Path out of society's belly comes naturally to me....So i've been keeping the Doggy Castoffs close. I watch these segments of this film because It gets me all hot and bothered. Ttfn, i'm heading home!
you might want to lay off the meth for a few months.
What the hell are you talking about?
What the hell are you talking about?
It is important for you to interact and communicate with others in order to understand and remember who you are as a human being. This is often referred to as "Dog's Stuff," as it can be overwhelming and constantly demanding, like the barking of a dog. You have been living in a place where technology, such as flat screen TVs and driverless cars, and social media are prevalent in order to figure out who you are?? However, you are now ready to take on the responsibilities of management??? You have the necessary connections and feel confident in your ability to navigate through society. Watching certain segments of this film excites you too...
What
seriously. these movies should be sent into a satellite if aliens ever find us in the future
Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka
Samsara too
And The Tree of Life
Naqoyqatsi. ruclips.net/video/OxHdp10IIgo/видео.html
Ah, the 80s, a simpler, better time.
I really wish people would stop saying that
@@daustin8888 I really wish people would stop saying "I really wish people would stop saying that".
@@jamesmmcgill I really wish people would stop saying "I really wish people would stop saying "I really wish people would stop saying that"".
@@jamesmmcgillholy fuck, saul goodman
@@daustin8888in many ways it WAS a simpler time than these days. Yeah it had its problems. Every decade does but I’d rather trade todays problems for the ones back then because they pale in comparison to todays!
You think Biden has the integrity to talk honestly to the American people this evening?
1:26