Koyanisquaatsi

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Watched this film for the first time last night and it blew my mind - absolutely horrifying!

It also led to the discovery that Rob Hubbard 'adapted' some of the film soundtrack for Thalamus' Delta - naughty boy!
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There is no 'u' in Koyaanisqatsi.

But yes, it is an awesome film, and yes, it did get 'borrowed' just a bit :).

I really want a HD release of it now. Goat knows how many times |I've bought it now, I wore out several VHS copies. But it's always worth it :).
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Superb film. I have the Qatsi Trilogy on DVD and they are all worth watching. I also have a copy of Anima Mundi and have noticed on that site that it is now out on DVD! :)

Shame that Reggio never did finish the film he was working on a few years ago - it was billed as a comedy and sounded very interesting.
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The bit with the people zooming around the station is cool. It's like some giant flocking algorithm on speed :)
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piku wrote:The bit with the people zooming around the station is cool. It's like some giant flocking algorithm on speed :)
I love the arcade footage too, the accelerated plays of Pacman, Q-Bert, Roby and Stargate are awesome :).
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Mouldy Bob wrote:Watched this film for the first time last night and it blew my mind - absolutely horrifying!

It also led to the discovery that Rob Hubbard 'adapted' some of the film soundtrack for Thalamus' Delta - naughty boy!
He's not a naughty boy, he's the Messiah...


Ahem. Seriously, it FITS the game so well. Bits of Floyd, bits of Philip Glass. There are quite a few tunes in Rob's back catalogue that are covers/interpretations.
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This one has managed to pass me by completely. 8O

Watched the trailer on YouTube. Put me in the same 'zoned' frame of mind that Merak always does. Want!
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merman wrote:Ahem. Seriously, it FITS the game so well. Bits of Floyd, bits of Philip Glass. There are quite a few tunes in Rob's back catalogue that are covers/interpretations.
Stavros Fasoulas wrote:It is cows mooing in a field music! I want Adult Oriented Rock!
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Very fantastic film. I can enjoy it sober. I can enjoy it even more with some chemical assistance.

Also see: Baraka

Same director.
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ThetaReactor wrote:Also see: Baraka

Same director.
No... the director of Baraka was the cinematographer on Koyaanisatsi.
And, for the record, I've never really got on with Baraka but I <3 Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi
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I'm a teacher and tried to show Powaqaatsi to my Y9 geographers - sadly most of them didn't connect with it. We've just been doing a unit on Development and Brazil. Thought they'd appreciate the opening 10 mins or so depicting the struggles of the Brazilian miners - but no!!!

Just discovered on a recent field trip that Y10's and red bull are a very bad combination......
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Mouldy Bob wrote:I'm a teacher and tried to show Powaqaatsi to my Y9 geographers - sadly most of them didn't connect with it. We've just been doing a unit on Development and Brazil. Thought they'd appreciate the opening 10 mins or so depicting the struggles of the Brazilian miners - but no!!!

Just discovered on a recent field trip that Y10's and red bull are a very bad combination......
That's because you forgot the Vodka for the Red Bull ;) :lol:

This really didn't grab me personally as a film *meh*
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Naqoyqatsi is on BBC2 at 3.30am tomorrow morning, if you're still up.
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> Naqoyqatsi is on BBC2 at 3.30am tomorrow morning, if you're still up.

my contender for the worst sentence in the english language:

"later than advertised because of the golf"

(was a full 45 minutes late starting so i didn't get the last 45 minutes on the tivo. grrr)
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Yeah, I was pissed off by that as well. Fucking BBC: great programmes, shit TV station. :roll:
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