640 - Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

Published: Feb. 8, 2021, noon

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Shots of headlights in traffic, people going down escalators, whirring machinery in a factory, the Hoover dam, a lady smoking a cigarette, and a controlled demolition of a tenement high rise. \\xa0All this is made at once familiar and deeply profound with sublime photography and a pulsing Philip Glass score. \\xa0Godfrey Reggio\\u2019s first entry in the \\u201cqatsi\\u201d trilogy revels in the splendor of isolation and anonymity subjected onto humanity with our embrace of technology. \\xa0Except everything looks delightfully(?) early 80s, so there might be some unintended nostalgia buttons being pressed for our hosts.

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