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03/16/2004 06:40:46 PM · #1
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03/16/2004 06:41:55 PM · #2
Yes, and I'd also like to buy a used copy cheap ...
03/16/2004 06:45:48 PM · #3
Originally posted by GeneralE:

Yes, and I'd also like to buy a used copy cheap ...


Do you think that it is not a good investment? =)
03/16/2004 06:47:24 PM · #4
what is this?
03/16/2004 06:48:56 PM · #5
Originally posted by hsteg:

what is this?


a strange film.
03/16/2004 07:08:13 PM · #6
The title comes from a Native American (Navaho?) phrase meaning roughly "life/environment/earth out of balance." It is an array of images of the world both untouched and as influenced by mankind, with a long (repetitive) score by Phillip Glass and no actors or dialog. A lot of beautiful images ....
03/16/2004 07:11:04 PM · #7
Originally posted by GeneralE:

(Navaho?)

Hopi.

It is interesting to hear from the word of the director why he did choose this title (first of a trilogy).

He criticizes our language for being limited to describe the life we live in.

And he chose this rare and probably disappeared language as a form of salute to a language which had that capability.

Message edited by author 2004-03-16 19:14:51.
03/16/2004 07:12:37 PM · #8
Originally posted by GeneralE:

out of balance."


...sounds like a good challenge topic.
03/16/2004 07:13:16 PM · #9
awesome
03/16/2004 08:15:03 PM · #10
Thank you. This is a terrific reference.
03/16/2004 08:58:24 PM · #11
Get it on Amazon. One of the best movies ever

Have you seen Microcosmos by Jacques Perrin? He also has a new one out called Winged Migration.

Also on Amazon
03/16/2004 09:30:54 PM · #12
Originally posted by stevelenz:

Get it on Amazon. One of the best movies ever

Have you seen Microcosmos by Jacques Perrin? He also has a new one out called Winged Migration.

Also on Amazon


Winged Migration was one of the best productions I have ever seen. Saw it twice. Fabulous photography. Thanks for reminding me of Microcosmos. Must get that one of these days.
03/16/2004 09:46:17 PM · #13
Originally posted by sfalice:

Originally posted by stevelenz:

Get it on Amazon. One of the best movies ever

Have you seen Microcosmos by Jacques Perrin? He also has a new one out called Winged Migration.

Also on Amazon


Winged Migration was one of the best productions I have ever seen. Saw it twice. Fabulous photography. Thanks for reminding me of Microcosmos. Must get that one of these days.


Winged Migration was so beautiful, yet so repetetive. A lot of it was the same thing over and over, and I got bored, but still, ultimately one of the most beautiful films ever made.

I own the first two films of the 'Qatsi trilogy, just haven't had a chance to sit down and watch them. That's something I should do, since I bought them just before the third one came out, like what, two years ago?
03/17/2004 12:23:46 AM · #14
A friend has a cd titled Koyaanisqatsi by Philip Glass. Didn't know it was from a film, I'll have to check it out.
03/17/2004 06:42:11 AM · #15
If anyone is interested, here are IMDB links for the films in this trilogy:
Koyaanisqatsi (life out of balance)
Powaqqatsi (life in transformation)
Naqoyqatsi (life as war)

Another fantastic film in the same vein (indeed, the director was cinematographer for Koyaanisqatsi) is Baraka.
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