Koyaanisqatsi, also known as Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance, is a 1982 film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke. The film consists ...

Ko.yaa.nis.qatsi (from the Hopi language), n. 1. Crazy life. 2. Life in turmoil. 3. Life disintegrating. 4. Life out of balance. 5. A state of life that calls for another way of living So starts ...

Godfrey Reggio is 83 years old. He smokes a pack of cigarettes a day. He’s not planning on quitting — in fact, he believes his habit kept him alive during the COVID pandemic. “It’s actually good for ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Fusing dramatic imagery and a powerful soundtrack, Geoffrey Reggio”s “Koyaanisqatsi” has set the ...

When Koyaanisqatsi, Godfrey Reggio’s Philip Glass-scored tone poem on modernity, was released forty years ago, microchips were the cutting edge of technology. The launch of Apollo 11, shown in the ...

In 1982, a wordless documentary by Godfrey Reggio, featuring music by Philip Glass, took the world by storm. Over 40 years later, it’s still not forgotten – certainly not by Ukrainian director Dmytro ...

Lose yourself in Philip Glass's powerful music for the 1982 Godfrey Reggio film Koyaanisqatsi: A Life Out Of Balance, performed live by the Philharmonic and the Philip Glass Ensemble, as the landmark ...

Thirty two years ago, a film titled "Koyaanisqatsi" caused a stir. Five thousand people attended its premiere at Radio City Music Hall. The movie, which had no dialogue, depicted a frenetic modern ...

Avant-garde director Godfrey Reggio surprises once again, enlisting Philip Glass and a handful of clowns to devise a musical multimedia pantomime in which children are tempted by technology. With ...

A planetarium experience that reimagines the 1982 film “Koyaanisqatsi,” a work by an artificial intelligence architect and comedian that’s a nod to soul and hip hop musicians, and another that ...

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to “Once Within a Time” from Godfrey Reggio, the experimental filmmaker behind the cult masterpiece “Koyaanisqatsi.” The indie studio will ...