Things that inspire us: Koyaanisqatsi, The Life Out Of Balance
Koyaanisqatsi, The Life Out Of Balance
Directed by Godfrey Reggio, Music composed by Philip Glass
This classic film explores the relationship between Nature, Humans and our technology. How our sudden planetary development influences the world we live in.
Through its absence of narration, is not supposed to take sides: it simply shows facts.
The narrative is based on the juxtaposition in time of long sequence shots, slow-motion and time-lapse. The film uses simple means to build the storyline and there is no dialog, no actors, only the images and the music.
Why we like it:
• We appreciate the use of simple sequences, juxtaposed that help construct the narration
• The music! Philip Glass’ compositions are perfectly matching the editing and sequences.
• While assembling the images on Curator, we played the game of finding patterns in the sequences’ transitions.
