Koyaanisqatsi (1983)

Best movie ever!

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Koyaanisqatsi, life out of balance.Everything you might have heard about this film is probably wrong. How can they say that it has no characters, plot or narrative structure? The main character is life itself, delivering an outstanding performance, supported by characters such as the earth, the works of nature, the works of humans, destruction and humans themselves. The plot is simple and ingenious, juxtaposing nature, to humanity. Humanity as part of nature but mainly humanity cut off the nature, cut off its human elements, unveiling beautifully in a narrative structure that leads to a satisfying end, the final realisation of what live on this planet as an anatomically modern homo sapiens has come to. ''The smartest mammal on earth'' alienated from nature, from society, deprived of its most fundamental right, the right to be human. n short, this film is the most subtle critique of the modern way of living.It delivers its message without using any dialogues. No words whatsoever. Beautifully shot by Ron Fricke, pioneering techniques, such as time lapses and breath-taking points of view, exposing life like it has never seen before.And the music. Mystic. Magnificent. Setting the tone of the whole film and inviting you to become part of the whole experience .An excellent documentary from all aspects. A future Voyager space mission should definitely contain a copy of this film. This is our planet. This is our life.

This is a visual and musical masterpiece. Superb images put to superb music. It's hypnotic on every level. For me, this is best watched late in the evening and let your senses go on a ride. There's no actors or regular story line. It's a look at life in a way that you don't often stop to think about it. On that level, it is thought provoking. The editing on this movie is excellent. This is the first in a trilogy and in my opinion far better than the other two - but they are worth a watch too. It might be better for you to watch them in reverse order and then you'll appreciate each one getting better than the last! The finale is quite spectacular and gives you a few moments to absorb all that you have just watched. I highly recommend this movie. I loved it - and still do - I bought the DVD.

I have seen some good feature length documentary films that have featured in the book of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, and a few good experimental films are included as well, so I was intrigued by this combination of the two genres, from director Godfrey Reggio and executive producer Francis Ford Coppola. The title is a Hopi Indian term for "life out of balance", the film has no dialogue whatsoever, including no voice-over narration, it is simply a visual concert of moving images, including many slowed down and sped up, with music to accompany the footage. The film does not have a traditionally structured plot, but the scenario is definite starting from what essentially the origins of Earth in the large scale deserted and beautiful landscapes moving into the world of industry and civilisation. We see various images throughout that tell the story of the world we live in, including the sight of cloud formations, ocean waves, a rocket being blasted into space, a quarry work site, factories and station, cityscapes and lights going on and off, sunrises and sunsets, people walking through their environments, traffic moving on all types of road, people working, machines producing various goods, convenience environments, leisure environments, and many more man-made elements in everyday life. The key message of the film is ultimately that life is out of balance, full of craziness, in turmoil, in some ways disintegrating and however you look at it there is always something that comes along to change the way to go on living, for good or for bad. The music by composer Phillip Glass is absolutely magnificent, sometimes deliberately repetitive to give the sense of routine in life, and the chanting of the title "Koyaanisqatsi" is intoxicating, the film using juxtaposing natural wonders with sometimes bleak man-made industry is cleverly done, it may ache your eyes slightly with footage speeding and slowing throughout, but overall it is a highly watchable and engaging experimental documentary. Good!

This strange title hide a movie which critics the world of today, who is evolve constantly but since the human is living on this planet, the pollution is common."Koyaanisqatsi" is an awesome movie for cinema lover peoples because it contains fabulous images and a wonderful music. This movie make us think about the actions of the human on the environment. After watched this movie, i realize the earth changed a lot since the human use it. But, i think some shots in this movie are a bit slow.Directed by an unknown people with the name of Godfrey Reggio, formerly monk, this movie will stays in my mind and i don't will hesitate to watch it again.A must see movie.