Wow

[snousle]

I didn't realize that Koyaanisquatsi was shallow, boring, and derivative until just now.

Get your hands on Man With A Movie Camera and you will find out for yourself. Conveniently available from Netflix.

Thanks to Gary for pointing me in the right direction.

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[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

Or you could watch it on YouTube. Several of the musical versions are on there.

That's rather harsh on Koyaaniqatsi, though. Still a special movie.

[snousle.livejournal.com]

I was having one of those "Slap Your Coppola" moments because I had no idea that Koyannisquatsi had any precedent whatsoever, never mind something so fresh and excellently made. Silly me, I had always thought it was "groundbreaking" in its abandonment of story and dialog; now I feel kind of silly for having believed that.

Yeah, it was pretty cool, and certainly a lot more grandiose, but it just can't compete with the excitement of something from the earliest days of film.

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

I don't know - I got kind of bored with Man With A Movie Camera. It's amazing and brilliant for the time, but it does drag.

Also Reggio did design and edit with sound in mind as an 'experience' - Dziga Vertov didn't, it's silent which is why there are so many later scores. I find the scores more interesting, actually.