March 18, 2008

Weekly Architecture Film, Part 8, Koyaanisqatsi.

Koyaanisqatsi (1982) is a film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music by Philip Glass. The film shows primarily slow motion and time-lapse photography of cities and natural landscapes across the United States. The title is a Hopi Indian word meaning "life out of balance." The film shows the collision of two worlds: urban life and technology versus the environment.