Koyaanisqatsi

I must admit that on the first viewing of the film, I found it to be boring (although beautiful) and I fell asleep during the middle of film. However after rewatching it, I gained a greater appreciation for the film and its message. I'm not sure if I am as amazed as everyone else by the film, but I do think it does raise some interesting social and political questions. I don't think that it is solely anti-technology/anti-modernization as the city scenes, particularly the amazing time-lapse of the traffic, have a rhythm that is similar to blood flow and the human body as Erika mentioned. I also think there were more scenes depicting modernization as beautiful than there weredepicting it as ugly- mainly the scenes of explosions and the Pruitt-Igoe housing complex. I think what Reggio meant by life out of balance is that humans should try to live in ways which does not impede so much on the environment, maybe even like the simple life that Reggio described in the interview. I’m curious as to if this film was ahead of its time in thinking of ideas like conservation and recycling and maybe even today’s trend of being "Green".