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Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance [DVD] [1983] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Godfrey Reggio (Director) | Format: DVD
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Directors: Godfrey Reggio
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
  • DVD Release Date: 17 Sep 2002
  • Run Time: 87 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000068OCS
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 148,695 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Dark room, Big TV and Hi Fi need only apply.... 8 May 2012
By Tim Kidner TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
Koyaanisqatsi contains and unreels some of the most breathtaking images ever committed to celluloid. Translated from the Hopi language, the title means 'life out of balance' and attempts - and very successfully - shows all of man's manifestations, usually in startling close-up but also often sped-up, juxtaposed against our own-made surroundings.

Since Dziga Vertov's 1928 Russian experimental film "Man with a Movie Camera", a few pioneering directors have attempted to show familiar, and not so familiar surroundings in a new and refreshing way. But none so much as the collaboration here between Godfrey Reggio and contemporary composer Philip Glass.

The images are always hypnotic, some unearthly beautiful and when it slowed to its climax, I was so disappointed it had finished. The comparisons between printed circuit boards to conveyor belt manufacturing to highly urbanised street scenes are magical and compulsive. Watch on the biggest screen you can and play the sound through a separate hi-fi or home cinema system.

Glass' music follows and resonates with these streams of visuals - one is the other. With executive producers Francis Ford Copolla and George Lucas, both mega directors of their day, this project has some heavyweight backing.

Koyaanisqatsi was followed by the not-quite-as-compulsive Powaqqatsi, which has a different take on human activity. Do as I did and get the two-film boxset.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great sound, spectacular spots 24 Jan 2013
By Jan Ornst
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, and Naqoyqatsi is a trilogy that is worth to enjoy.
I expected little bit better video picture quality than it is.
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1 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars talking about Nostradamus 27 Jun 2010
By Jimmy
Format:DVD
The best example of Hollywood smartness. I saw this movie 30 times before get the obvious: this is all about 9/11 event.

I have to say that seeing the United Airline plane scenes and seeing the the buildings falling down... had a profound effect on me. This movie makes Nostradamus looks like he wasn't even in kindergarten. It served to remind me of the main theme of the film, that the world of humans is overlaying nature, and that our world is out of balance. Some times viruses (terrorism) are the wild variables in a system that can destroy it and return things to balance.

Hollywood is many things... but stupid is not one of them.
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