Koyaanisqatsi Reduced (On Cessation of Unsustainable Life)

[gimme2utah1]

...WARNING...

At No point in this movie do people talk....

They just stare at you with creepy hairdo's.

[partisan72]

Koyaanisqatsi...My cult...One and only.

[SajukkTheEternal]

This part of the movie is called "Prophecies". It's my favorite part, and the one that contains most of the movie's messages.

The scenes of extreme poverty and everyday people are highly critical of modern societies. The ending with the rocket exploding speaks the final message of the movie:

"Don't think you are immortal, because you aren't. You are human. Change your way of life before it is too late".

[soylentgreenb]

@SajukkTheEternal There have always been people always think everything is going to hell. Causes for optimism tend to anger these people, which is bizzare.

E.g. the fact that the 20th century was the least violent century on historical record on a per capita basis. That we wiped out small pox(300-500 million in the 20th century). That the world average calorie intake is 22% higher today than in 1960. That world population is heading for an early peak of ~9 billion. Just to mention a few.

[BobForehead]

@soylentgreenb would love to see your source on the relative per-capita violence by century, smallpox has a long life ahead of it in the bunkers of New Jersey, and what's not to hate about 9 billion fat humans?

[pradtheprophet]

this movie is so powerful because it leaves everything to the interpretation of the viewer......

[BobForehead]

@pradtheprophet well, most things. maybe. Dunno, it's pretty much an indictment.

[ANeonTiger]

@pradtheprophet I disagree. There are many things in here that influence interpretation, music for example.

[BobForehead]

@ANeonTiger Yeah, the soundtrack does seem as if it's intended to lead the viewer in a particular interpretive direction. Sure did for me; although it would be interesting to pick R's brain and have him say "No dude, you fully failed to get my drift there. It's an homage to the pure beauty of disposable culture" or such.

[Fettbulle]

beutiful!

[BobForehead]

thnx, Fett'! you should check out the full movie- it's got mad cine.

[Fettbulle]

i've seen it 3 times, but is there any place where you can watch it legal and free?

[BobForehead]

seems like there should be, but from the looks of Reggio's site koyaanisqatsi[DOT]org no-ones shown it live since 2005.

[skidrum11]

I dont know what it is with these films. Theyre unsettling and beautiful at the same time.

[BobForehead]

'struth.

[halomad834]

Hahaha, what was up with the ending?

[BobForehead]

That's King Missile's version of the theme.

[loydster4]

The shuttle that exploded. That is the Challenger, correct??

[BobForehead]

Actually, "the explosion is the first Atlas-Centaur launch on May 9, 1962" according to Wikipedia. The movie came out in 1982, so it's for sure not Challenger, although it always is in my mind's eye when i watch this. For some reason when it came out i thought it was the Apollo-Gemini(?) shot, but that one blew on the ground. It does look like Challenger, the way it hooks as the liquid fuel in the upper stage goes off.

[sneakL]

@loydster4

That was four years after this film was released. 1986.

[GetinHighOnLife]

BEAUTIFUL.

[BobForehead]

thnx, 'Life. i highly recommend aquisition of both Baraka and Koyanisquatsi for back-to-back viewing, which is best through the auspices of a stolen (or borrowed) video projector, a large outdoors vertical surface and a good stereo.

[GetinHighOnLife]

Haha.

I first watched Koyanisquatsi in a sociolofy course on a large screen. The professor just put it on without saying anything the first day of class. Afterwards he asked what the purpose of the film was. It seemed like many were confused....I fell in love with the film and the score immediatley. Haha I have a projector at home and some good audio...I have been meaning to buy it for some time now.

I don't know anything about Baraka but I should probably get that too.

[BobForehead]

yeah you should! [username]arey051012 has a playlist of it, and [username]SCODgreenhood uploaded it too. That musta been a good sociology course, although Powasquatsi (the second in the series) is perhaps more suited to comparative cultural anthropology.

[GetinHighOnLife]

wow so many squatsis!!!!

[BobForehead]

As many ways to live a life as there are lives to live, i'm told. Your own profile could be [username]GetinHighIQuatsi, if i've construed the Hopi declinations right.

[Nozferat]

I don't know why...but I cry every time I watch this.

[BobForehead]

Pro'lly because you have a soul. It's a good thing, although a bit painful at times.

[skidrum11]

These movies are so powerful in a mysterious way...

baraka and koyaanisquatsi

[BobForehead]

they're like momento morae for industrial civilization.

[marxiu]

Have you seen Ashes and Snow? OR Anima Mundi ? There both brilliant films of this genre

[BobForehead]

No, i think i've missed both; although Anima Mundi soundz familiar... guess i'll have to, now! Thanx!

[BobForehead]

Ahhhh... yeah, Anima Mundi is Reggio 'n' Glass (not that they're totally Gay for each other or nuthin')... that Ashes and Snow looks cool, too... ashesandsnow org

[See; once again, i should be able to link proper here, huh?]

[DEATHINKING]

was that the last day on earth?....

or the day after tomorrow?

[BobForehead]

it's now.

well, 1982 now.

[SCODgreenhood]

Love it everytime. *****

[BobForehead]

I think i like Baraka more, just because of the music and the opening with the monkey dance. Powaasqatsi is up there, too... for some reason i think Nagoasqatsi misses, maybe because it looks like something i'd do, all stock footage and obvious. Amazing how many folks missed all of them, though.

well, not really.

[SCODgreenhood]

LOL Yeah, thats exactly how I feel about them, although I guess my expectations were so high for Nagoiqatsi I had basically lived it through in my head for years, then since it was like what we are able to do, thats not offensive to me its a compliment to us. Yeah, ill be posting Baraka clips soon.

[BobForehead]

Exactly- "Custy expectations too high," as we used to say in tech support. ++Good/Best on Baraka clipz!!! Race ya to the monkey singing! (i fucking LOVE the slam-dunk end on that scene... i'd marry it if it'd have me)

[SCODgreenhood]

LOL :)