mmm i think i'll write about...Koyaanisqatsi

In comparison to other films we've watched this semester, I would say that I enjoyed Koyannisqatsi more thoroughly than many. I liked that its sould purpose was devoted to one idea- the balance of man and nature- and that it sought to explore this through time. I think by focusing on one element, the film was able to achieve a higher level of not really understanding, but of questioning. I think the film seeks to explore this balance rather than understand it, and I thought the use of time lapse helped show that this exploration is everlasting, insatiable. By speeding up time, the film is able to establish the premise that this exploration of the balance between man and nature has neither a beginning nor an end, but it merely fluctuates through time. I never really play much into editing techniques but after class on tuesday, I really think that the use of a still camera helps to reinforce this one idea through time, rather than show many ideas at one time. I really liked the idea that this film was in the reverse- that instead of a picture being worth 1,000 words, it is 1,000 pictures to display 1 word: balance.