Koyaanisqatsi - finale

Scena finale del film Koyaanisqatsi (1982) di Godfrey Reggio, colonna sonora di Philip Glass.

Ko-Yaa-Nis-Qatsi, nella lingua degli indiani Hopi, significa:
1) vita folle 2) vita tumultuosa 3) vita sbilanciata 4) vita che si disintegra 5) uno stato di vita che chiama per un altro modo di vivere.

La profezie Hopi cantate in questo film:
« Se scaviamo cose preziose dalla terra, stiamo chiamando la catastrofe.»
« Prima del Giorno della Purificazione ci saranno ragnatele filate avanti e indietro nel cielo.»
« Un contenitore di ceneri potrebbe essere un giorno scagliato dal cielo, e potrebbe bruciare la terra e far bollire gli oceani.»

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• philip
• glass
• koyaanisqatsi
• godfrey
• reggio

[custardaghost]

@adzyb69

I saw this aged 16 at the cinema (local London fleapit, mostly empty) one night in Nov 1983, without a fucking clue what to expect.

Came out into a rainy street 2 hours later never the same again. For the better

[lolcats121]

@LightStijn I think building space shuttles it better than building tanks and guns.

[Jigullo]

@lokhtar Its more Physic than nature or isnt it ?

PS:Physic sucks too :)

[3000jman]

@guinsoable I can go deeper. Lol

[LeagueCityRecords]

very well put...had a similar experience.

[GentlemanBystander]

@MsPandaRosa

I'm pretty sure the American Dollar also was responsible for ensuring Phillip Glass got pre-natal care and gave youtube the financial leverage necessary to continue allowing people to upload videos.

[christkids]

Watched before Ponies... Came back because of them...

[LightStijn]

There are those who spend billions on space shuttles that have no use. And then there are those who starve.

[Gousteaue]

@guinsoable

That's what I liked most about the movie. You can let the movie and the emotions it brings forth in you take over without the constant pressure of figuring out "the deeper meaning", or "the story in it".

[custardaghost]

From the Hopi prophecies at the start of the film:

One day a container of ashes will fall from the sky

My take is that this means whatever we do to this earth we will reap the whirlwind - we can't fly up and away and escape from our actions. This is all we have.

[guinsoable]

You all want to look at deep meaning. Just listen. There is no deeper