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- 1983
- Not Rated
- Island Alive
- 1 h 26 m
- 1983
- Not Rated
- Island Alive
- 1 h 26 m
Summary A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on nature, humanity and the relationship between them.
Directed By: Godfrey Reggio
- 1983
- Not Rated
- Island Alive
- 1 h 26 m
- 1983
- Not Rated
- Island Alive
- 1 h 26 m
Koyaanisqatsi
72
7.8
Where to Watch
Summary A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on nature, humanity and the relationship between them.
Directed By: Godfrey Reggio
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
72
70% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
72
70% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Koyaanisqatsi is enraged with modern societal convention, but still expresses awe of the spontaneous, incidental poetry that can exist despite invisible oppression.
There are utterly transcendent moments amid this 87-minute music video. It’s all about that pumping, hypnotic, emotionally-gripping Philip Glass vibe.
Koyaanisqatsi asks the viewers to ponder their relationship to a social system that has come to dominate them rather than serve them. Much of the film is exhilarating and beautiful in a way that may seem counterproductive to that end. But the cumulative effect is more meditative than frightening. It's not a world-shaking film, but it is an affecting one.
Koyaanisqatsi is an impressive visual and listening experience, that Reggio and Glass have made wonderful pictures and sounds, and that this film is a curious throwback to the 1960s, when it would have been a short subject to be viewed through a marijuana haze. Far out.
Koyaanisqatsi is an oddball and - if one is willing to put up with a certain amount of solemn picturesqueness - entertaining trip.
An agoraphobic's nightmare, it's a condescending view, and maybe one that's totally off base. [23 Sep 1983, p.21]
At once maudlin and doggedly sarcastic, the film gives you the uncomfortable sensation of being condescended to by an idiot; it is, transparently, a product of the advanced technology it purports to despise.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 User Ratings
7.8
75% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
17% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
8% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 User Ratings
7.8
75% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
17% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
8% Negative
1 Rating
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Production Company
American Zoetrope,
IRE Productions,
Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education
Release Date Apr 27, 1983
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline October 4, 1982. More than 5,000 people filled the sold out Radio City Music Hall to experience a remarkable film event. That event was the world premiere of KOYAANISQATSI. Now everyone can share the power of that experience.
Website
http://www.koyaanisqatsi.org/
Awards
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
São Paulo International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
