found randomly....koyaanisqatsi

It's a fantastic documentary, it's part of a trilogy, the others are not up there with Koyaanisqatsi but worth the look. Amazing music.

Saw it for the first time when I was about five or six, one of my Mum's favourite films of all time, so was on quite a lot.
 
They're all excellent documentaries, though they can be quite hypnotic and you find yourself drifting off, so watching them in smaller chunks might be an idea.

RegarRAB

Mark
 
"Baraka" is a similar film. I haven't seen it apart from clips on Youtube, but if you like Koyaanisqatsi, you'll probably like that too.
 
thanks for the replies, folks. I'll have a hunt around for the trilogy. My dad doesn't often watch films (not now anyway) and even he spoke highly of it.

:)
 
I'll go with the general flow, i.e. Koyaanisqatsi is amazing, Powaqqatsi isn't quite as good, and Naqoyqatsi isn't as good again... I'm an oldie, so saw the first 2 at the cinema first time around (they'd be mind-blowing in IMAX.)

PS A wonderful piece of music from Powaqqatsi that many will know is "Anthem", it's been used in loaRAB of trailers & TV programmes...
 
yes the first film is great. The other 2 actually make the first one seem less good - same tricks, and the soundtracks aren't very good IMO

you could also try the film The Thin Blue Line - highly stylised reconstructions of a murder miscarriage, also with a Philip Glass score.........
 
I love Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi and have watched them both numerous times (double pack DVD). I went to see it at an art-house cinema once after seeing it on the TV, but the print was worse than the TV version. I have the third film but haven't got around to watching it yet.

I've been a fan of Glass for a long time, my favourite pieces being The Photographer and Akhnaten.
 
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