Life out of Balance

Koyaanisqatsi. It was beautiful and engaging with a vibrant score reverberating underneath the images but what did it mean? To me, I think Koyannisqatsi, which means "life out of balance" in Hoti, was an attempt to make people think. It's not a film you would go to the midnight screening of but its elegance and prestige shown through its elaborate National Geographic like shots allow the audience to think in a way that no blockbuster has even tried to do. I like the way the class was split on what it meant because to me that expressed the diversity not only of our class but also the entire country and world. I was overwhelmed by the responses from other class members because of the intensity and passion each person had for the film regardless of their take on it. As mentioned in class, the film resonated with the same idea and structure that our film essays are attempting to achieve. Greggio asks many questions to stimulate the audience into their own imaginations and to answer questions about life and nature and human existence for themselves.