Siskel & Ebert Review Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

[@lou1958]

I still listen to the OST almost every day during my commute to and from work. It's infected my mind since my first theatrical viewing in the early '80s. I could never shake it and instead embraced it as part of my existence. Phillip Gass is a musical shaman.

[@mendelovitch]

I loved that they decided to use Glass for the Watchmen movie. It jives so well with the themes of Dr. Manhatten because Glass and Dr. Manhatten are both clockwork-like. I get frisson thinking about it.

[@josefkay5013]

Me and my mom went to see it at a theater in Chicago when I was 20. Can't remember which one. Somewhere on the North Side. She had heard about it and thought we should go. We were both astounded and ecstatic about it afterwards and kept telling everyone we knew to immediately go see it. It was hilarious when people asked us about the plot or the characters or the story. It really changed my understanding of time, the Earth, and humanity.

[@bjdefilippo447]

I had the same response to seeing it when it was shown at my college. I'm sure it changed the way I lived life from that point.

[@RJ_MacReady13]

Not a word of English is heard on this movie, yet it's one of the most awe inspiring and mesmering movies I've ever seen. I absolutely love Koyaanisqatsi and I think it's a masterpiece and even more relevant now than it was 40 years ago

[@julian_day]

weird how English is not always the default

[@InADarkTavern]

This movie overwhelms you with your own thoughts

[@BomageMinimart]

This review is how I found out about Kotaanisqatsi. I saw it in the theatre and was blown away. Bought the soundtrack on vinyl and later on CD. Bought the film on VHS and later on DVD and then got the trilogy on BR. Absolutely one of the greatest films ever made, IMO. It has held up well, too.

[@F8Lwrld]

this film changed a lot for me

[@rabooey]

Saw Koyaanisqatsi the first time while on shrooms. Loved it. Saw Kayaanisqatsi at least ten times since then while not on shrooms. Loved it. Listened to it countless times on my MP3 player while working. Loved it.

[@olesyaa_ilyina]

HAHAHAHAH

[@drabnerd]

RIP to Mr. Siskel and Mr. Ebert

[@mick2spic]

Cheers to those two wise men. I’m grateful for youtube where we can watch their great movie takes forever. RIP

[@DSAK55]

I realized now that Koyaanisqatsi was a warning. The Shit has hit the Fan.

[@peterhudson5748]

I saw this when it premiered in 1983. Changed my life. Breathtaking!

[@MrMoneyclips]

It makes you wonder why you need to exist.

[@46metube]

You don't.

[@fire.walk.with.me.430]

​@@46metube and that's the beauty of life!

[@mk202]

I watch it every 6 months or so because when it comes to me, I don't w a n t to see it- I NEED to see it. The film opens up a little space in your head that you never knew you had. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@shogunblade]

The first time I watched it, I was sobbing by the end. I need to go back again and see if I feel any differently the second time.

[@1chienandalou]

That’s exactly what it is. A meditation.

[@errolbourgeois8230]

THIS movie is a hidden treasure. IF you have not seen this movie ,do everything you can legally to see this movie.

[@Naminski1a]

@@errolbourgeois8230 Watch free on The Roku Channel, Pluto TV and Tubi.

[@ehtresih9540]

It's free on KZbin

[@spikespa5208]

Seen it so many times.......almost always see new things (to me) in it.

[@jamessatchwill2034]

Dang....its 40 years old now. Too bad they didn't do a Limited IMAX Engagement 40 year Anniversary thing like the Beatles on the Rooftop stuff that recently occurred.

[@alanmangan424]

Just watched it earlier Very interesting documentary style film The pace of life has picked up considerably since this was made 42 years ago Especially for urban dwellers

[@alex_squeezebox]

Great film, I just wish it had been shot with 35 or even 70mm (like the later Baraka) which would have captured the excellent cinematography even better.

[@EphemeralProductions]

It WAS shot in 35 mm

[@alex_squeezebox]

@@EphemeralProductions I had this debate on FaceBook too lol. I did some research a while back and we're actually both right, it was mainly filmed on 35mm but some scenes were shot on 16 as well

[@EphemeralProductions]

@@alex_squeezebox k

[@topologyrob]

I enjoyed seeing the film with Glass' ensemble playing live.

[@perfectionbox]

"So Ebert, it's good to see it alone because you're still having trouble finding a date." 🤣

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

When I am contemplative, this movie gets me all the way there.

[@stevenrichards1539]

I watched it to fall asleep....works very well.

[@DeesoSaeed]

I really wish I ever had the chance to see this film in a cinema.

[@clevelandphil]

A great movie to see high.

[@Ashfaq1999]

Brilliant Film

[@ZoolGatekeeper]

I've always said that it's the best documentary ever made. No other film tells about Earth and us humans this way.

[@Ashfaq1999]

@@ZoolGatekeeper Thanks 😊

[@Barot8]

Saw it in the original release and it was wonderful. My sister saw it on a dvd and had a bad reaction to the film. She was not a fan of the music.

[@EddieMush]

Ebert was high as FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!

[@at1970]

40 years later and there is far less nature and far more human development (and humans). Pretty soon the only nature left will be on films like this.

[@Dielawn69]

Bruh. 47% of the U.S. is still completely uninhabited. Sure coties and towns maybe have less nature in them and expand slowly. But we are nowhere near your dystopian nightmare.

[@at1970]

@@Dielawn69 You’re really so uninformed that it’s hardly worth answering. Just because there is not a house on every sf of the country doesn’t mean there are resources to support people and things for them to do in every open space. This is why the Sahara desert is over populated even though it’s not covered with towns. I Now put on your tiny thinking hat and answer this. If all we need is space why is the south west running out of water? And who cares just keep moving people in right? Mexico still has room but it can’t support the hordes who live there now. JFC

[@WinkLinkletter]

@@Dielawn69 These people have no idea and don't want to. They are anti-human and NEED their dystopia. All of these whingers would be toast without their despised 'human development'. Their eco plans will kill millions, possibly billions, if 'successful, and those fatalities won't be from their privileged demographics, at least not at first. *Here is an excellent talk about the real situation today, and the reasons for their agendas: 'The Great Climate Con': kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3W6ompjmrVoqac

[@Ojb_1959]

Well? How many thumbs? 2 for me!

[@matttragna234]

DEFINITELY not a meditation movie. It's a REALIZATION movie!

[@AjayESharma]

good video

[@edmund184]

Saw it at the National Film Theatre in 1992.

[@edmund184]

the problem is simple: we watch, we keep watching. What do we do about it?

[@wilmingtonlongman]

Chipmunks sing Koyaanisqatsi kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGG9qod-m6qqrsU

[@qqw743]

Worst movie I've ever seen without walking out. I always feel guilty saying that, because I know I'm supposed to be so much more enlightened than I am, but I just found it hella boring. It's not like I don't get the point, it's just incredibly irritating to watch the point being made over and over again like a jackhammer to the skull

[@peterhudson5748]

You’re so deep.

[@mc5967]

Damn, what a terrible take

[@WinkLinkletter]

I would love to see such an effort lauding the amazing advancements of mankind and how humanity has been/is being lifted from common abject miseries suffered for millennia. Artistic guilt trip over man "growing apart from nature" and part of the 'people bad' anti-human movement underpinning most 'eco'-anything these days. The jackhammering that this "film event" has caving in your brains is called 'pretentiousness'.

[@nfdhje38743m]

Brother, if you think that one point keeps being emphasized over and over again, then you didn't actually pay any attention 😂. There are like 10+ different themes.

[@qqw743]

@@nfdhje38743m Which endless scene of traffic moving super quickly should I rewatch and rewatch and rewatch and rewatch to catch these subtle themes you mention?