Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance
DVD disk image (mdf/mds) | 4,3 GB | Pal, Dolby Digital 5.1
Documentary film | Minimalist music
Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance is a 1982 film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by minimalist composer Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and music.
In the Hopi language, the word Koyaanisqatsi means 'life of moral corruption and turmoil, life out of balance', and the film implies that modern humanity is living in such a way (more)