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A quick look around the world and its being. It seems that the world is full of observations worthy of viewing, so this film shows the world in its original form without prejudice and without human intervention in it. A collection of images of nature has been incorporated in its basic form away from the noise of industry and human inventions.
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.
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.
I guarantee you've never seen anything quite like it.
January 14, 2003
Kalamazoo Gazette
Unique and fascinating; great Philip Glass score
May 21, 2003
eFilmCritic.com
Odd, hypnotic, and frequently quite beautiful.
October 06, 2002
Old School Reviews
gets its point across through Phillip Glass' hypnotic and evocative score, cinematographer Ron Fricke's creative and provocative juxtapositions, and mystical forces
Relentlessly concerned with the surface reality of human life, Koyaanisqatsi completely misses the inner beauties and dignities of man-made civilization.