Godfrey Reggio, Koyaanisqatsi (film), Life out of balance, 1983
Philip Glass, Score
Life exists because of imbalances.
The Universe, because the spread of gravity was imbalanced (assuming gravity exists).
Life and evolution, because chemicals within cells became imbalanced and mutated.
Civilisation has been created from an imbalance of skills-specialisation, which allows increasing numbers to live together.
I would like to have seen more of the shots of the humans walking past camera; they had much greater intimacy. We get so used to vast unspoiled landscapes but don’t recognise them as we do a smirk. The story could have been told even more simply using one or the other.
Also, the speeding up and slowing down of sequences, was there a logic to this, or was it just taste.
The score did relate directly to the visual medium, however, if showing the actual images why not the accurate sounds as well.
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