In a way, I am primely responsible for unleashing this brilliant piece of art upon kgp. But not everybody will like and accept this movie. The thing about this is that it uses images to convey meaning rather than having people say and speak things. When I watched this movie I was moved instantly with the beginning. The ice falling off the rocket in slow motion. The imagery and beauty it was simply astounding.
Before I give my thoughts on the movie, an excerpt from the wikipedia article
Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of balance is a 1983 documentary film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by minimalist composer Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke. The film consists mostly of slow motion and time-lapse photography. The documentary contains neither dialog nor narration and relies heavily on music to set the film’s tone. Glass and his Philip Glass Ensemble have toured with the film, playing music live in front of the film screen.
The movie appealed a lot to me because I appreciate visual imagery and this movie made me ask "Why should there be a meaning,a story and a plot in a movie. What if there isn’t" and then you get this. This movie reminds me of Led Zeppelin’s immortal classic "stairway to heaven" where nobody knows what the lyrics mean. But you can kindof make out what they’re trying to say. When someone watches this movie, everyone gets their own impression of what this movie means and what is the director trying to say. But whatever it is, this movie was a wonderful way to spend two hours last night. The brilliance is that there are no famous hollywood actors or actresses or are there explosions or cars or any of that junk. It’s just a video of deserts and canyons and highways and people taken from helicopters, but you can’t walk away. There are some ridiculously boring movies, I agree but this was not one of them. I want to watch it again sometime soon. The music was brilliant, the photography and imagery was breathtaking. I loved this movie.
A little trivia how this movie invaded kgp. In a bid to find out the music played in the "Evil Eye" scene in one scrubs episode, I searched on the net to find the song, the song was the theme of koyaanisquatsi, and out of curiosity, I searched for the movie and found that it had excellent reviews. I posted on mutter if someone could get it and Iluvtar got it for us. So here we are. Sad bit of trivia there for you. Gotta go mug now.
Current music: Chester Bennington Vs Julien K, "Morning After"
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