In a new scene of its kind, we see the world more clearly. Here we see the effect of man on the environment, where we see the world in its original state without prejudice to him. We see heaven, earth, clouds, rivers and other cosmic creatures. It is a variety of film techniques to provide an amazing montage of images of nature.
11 October 1950, New York City, New York, USA
19 November 1936, Gibbon, Nebraska, USA
15 November 1929, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
10 January 1953, Brooklyn, New York, USA
24 September 1945, Childress, Texas, USA
7 April 1938, San Francisco, California, USA
14 October 1958, London, England, UK
8 September 1925, Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK
15 August 1944, Bryan, Texas, USA
8 December 1925, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
April 22, 1952 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA
August 11, 1933 in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
8 February 1940, Lancashire, England, UK
23 October 1925, Corning, Iowa, USA
January 14, 2003
I guarantee you've never seen anything quite like it.
July 05, 2004
Relentlessly concerned with the surface reality of human life, Koyaanisqatsi completely misses the inner beauties and dignities of man-made civilization.
December 22, 2003
'A magnificent, eye-opening experience'
August 22, 2017
"Well now, that music was *very* foreboding; it made a shiver go right down my spine."
October 27, 2003
Jaw dropping photography. A unique experience.
September 20, 2001
What makes this film great is its structure, the fact that photography, editing and music alone can combine to form an epic, 90-minute composition that coheres.
October 06, 2002
Odd, hypnotic, and frequently quite beautiful.
October 06, 2002
gets its point across through Phillip Glass' hypnotic and evocative score, cinematographer Ron Fricke's creative and provocative juxtapositions, and mystical forces
April 06, 2006
Whether or not the movie exposes a world that is manifestly out of balance, Reggio and Glass's liturgy is that rarest of art forms: an avant-garde work with purpose and substance that also succeeds as entertainment.
May 21, 2003
Unique and fascinating; great Philip Glass score
