Philip Glass Film Music Highlights Jun 25, 2008
More than just a film score Glass s music for Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio 1982) is an all encompassing sound landscape. Koyaanisqatsi deals with the tension between the natural world and the technological world ... Koyaanisqatsi means life out of balance, yet there is nothing out of balance with Glass s music. (Suite101.com)
Kinky underwear in Antarctica Jun 14, 2008
Celebrated by Bertolucci, Tarkovsky, Italo Calvino and others, Piavoli is a major influence on the work of Godfrey Reggio ("Koyaanisqatsi," etc. if not nearly as well known. (Salon)
And the Oscar goes to. . . . Feb 22, 2008
Greenville, Mississippi - - Chronicling Stories of the Delta since 1868. And the Oscar goes to. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
Best Bets 2008 Feb 22, 2008
"The first half of the album speaks to my creative interpretation of Francis Ford Coppola's 'Koyaanisqatsi,' and the second half is more traditional," she says. Working with producers Sa-Ra, Kareem Riggins, Mike Chavarria, Madlib, Bilal and the late J Dilla, Badu crafted 18 tracks of funky, 808 bassline-driven R&B music, which will be spread across two separately sold discs. (Billboard.com)
A list of Glass' best CDs Sep 23, 2007
-- Koyaanisqatsi (Nonesuch) - As sanctimonious and addlepated as Godfrey Reggio's 1982 movie is, Glass' orchestral score - the first of his many works for film - is a luminous, evocative masterpiece. -- Glassworks (Sony Classical) - Glass' commercial breakthrough recording from 1982, the first fruit of his contract with CBS Masterworks, offers a beautiful precis of his high-minimalist style. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
We're all gonna die Sep 3, 2007
The quick cuts are dizzying at times, like Koyaanisqatsi without the visual poetry and New Age music score. The 11th Hour will require repeat viewings, especially on a future DVD, for full comprehension. (Edmonton Sun)
'The 11th Hour': Inconvenient truths on the environment that give breathing room for hope Aug 18, 2007
Effectively blunt, this sequence provoked a colleague to invoke the name of the avant-garde giant Stan Brakhage, but the truer model here is a film like "Koyaanisqatsi," with its streaming global landscapes. The difference is that the images in "The 11th Hour" are pointedly horrifying, not reassuring, pacific or aestheticized. (International Herald Tribune)
Tribeca Film Festival Apr 29, 2007
No theaters, no DVD for 'Passio,' a film experience meant to be unique. SEARCH MOVIE LISTINGS: lect. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
* Minimalist music, maximum output Apr 6, 2007
The second evening will feature Sand Mandala from Kundun, the 1997 movie that won the LA Film Critics Association for Best Score, The Grid from the earlier Koyaanisqatsi and Dance Piece No. 9 from In the Upper Room. The program of classical works for the first evening includes selections from Music in Similar Motion, Music in 12 Parts Parts 1 and 2, and Building from one of his best know works, Einstein on the Beach. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires North American Distribution Rights to Francis Ford Coppola's 'YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH' Mar 24, 2007
American Zoetrope has been a leader in innovation and discovery of new talent ever since its inception in 1969 and has produced some of the most important films in American cinema, including AMERICAN GRAFFITI, THE GODFATHER, PARTS II, THE BLACK STALLION, THE CONVERSATION, APOCALYPSE NOW, KOYAANISQATSI and most recently LOST IN TRANSLATION, KINSEY and MARIE ANTOINETTE. Zoetrope-produced films have received seventeen Academy Awards; seventy-one nominations with four films included in the American... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Gender should not be a factor in presidential race Feb 1, 2007
The Hopi Native Americans word "koyaanisqatsi" or "life out of balance" describes "an unstable situation marked by testosterone-fueled wars, a plethora of misogynistic societies, and a growing disrespect for Mother Earth.". Perhaps a female perspective would redirect our priorities to those things that really matter. (The University Echo, TN)
Listening Post Jan 22, 2007
Unfortunately, though, that doesn't translate to this being one of Glass' better free-standing scores on the order of his music for "The Hours" or his extraordinary music for Godfrey Reggio's "Koyaanisqatsi" or "Powaqqatsi." On its own, it sounds like minimalist background music for domestic conflict and depression and not a lot else. Review: 2 stars (J.S.). (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
The Black Sun Nov 16, 2006
Combined with the abstract, lateral images, the soundtrack lends a provocative, meditative quality reminiscent of Koyaanisqatsi or Baraka. A survivor, de Montalembert reveals himself as a man stubborn enough to keep living and challenging himself. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
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Rewind: Hollywood's Been Armageddon It Wrong For Years May 23, 2006
While not a work of fiction, 1982's "Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance" has been interpreted by many to be a rumination on how our consumerist, technological society is going to be our downfall. Godfrey Reggio's impressionistic film consists mostly of time-lapse and slow-motion photography (set to a minimalist synth score by Philip Glass) of a world moving so fast that humanity can barely keep up. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Roll credits May 5, 2006
My husband recalls seeing "Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance," during his eco-hippie days in 1983 (shockingly, the same year I saw Return of the Jedi at age 5) at a now-defunct cinema in Portsmouth. My grandparents often came to Portsmouth from York for a night at the movies, as a young couple. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
