Talk:Koyaanisqatsi

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Francis Ford Coppola's was also contending for the film's rights, as it had been funded through his American Zoetrope studio.

Coppola himself was contending for copyright, or his studio was? Koyaanis Qatsi 14:20 May 2, 2003 (UTC)

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Anyone else think there are some similarities between Glass's music for Koyaanisqatsi and elements of Bedrich Smetana's Ma Vlast? In particular, Pruitt Igoe reminds me strongly of the beginning of the fourth part, From Bohemia's Forests and Fields. Another part of Koyaanisqatsi (though I forget which), is also reminiscent of the fifth part of Ma Vlast (Tàbor), with the repeated single note motif having the same rhythm and sound to it. Maybe a musicologist or someone who can put both pieces back to back to make a comparison (sadly my CD of Koyyanisqatsi got badly scratched and won't play) could either confirm this or say it's a load of hogwash! Either way I don't mind but for me the resemblance is there. What it might mean I don't know. GRAHAMUK 05:37, 21 Aug 2003 (UTC)

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Mmmmh. I think (for the reader's benefit) the trilogy could have a single article and redirects from the three. Something like Qatsi trilogy and the three pages (Koyaanis, Powa and Naqoy) going there? Pfortuny 18:49, 22 Oct 2003 (UTC)

That would perhaps be confusing, since Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, and Naqö`yqatsi are not only the titles of the movies, but are concepts important to Hopi culture which are difficult to translate into English (thus experts use those terms rather than English translations). "qatsi" simply means "life", whereas, for example, "naqö`y" means "war", so from an international point of view that isn't considerate of Hopi-speaking Wikipedians as it could lead to confusion, and until now Wikipedia practice (not sure if our policy says so) has been to use full movie names in article titles.

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I saw a short movie called Chrono on TV. It has the same style as Koyaanisqatsi. Are these two movies related?

Its director, Ron Fricke (also known for the similar movie, "Baraka"), takes inspiration from Koyaanisqatsi, et al, and finds new ways of doing similar things, but I don't believe that he is connected with the makers of Koyaanisqatsi. 24.19.93.104 04:15, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

In the article, the movie is called a "documentary movie". Where exactly would the work would be factual? I'd call is a "collage". Pilatus 00:09, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

How exactly are you arguing that the movie is not factual? It's footage without commentary. Seems more likely to be factual than most documentaries I can think of. Koyaanis Qatsi 03:39, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Music Clip

While the article is in need of just more in terms of information, I think the article is wholly incomplete with out a sound clip from the musical score. Anyone wanna contribute? I'm No Parking and I approved this message 22:32, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Strokes

I wanted to add a section under "Influence", referring to the video for Hard To Explain by The Strokes. I've often considered that this video must have been very heavily inspired by Koyaanisqatsi, as it is very similar both in the way it's made and in the tone of its imagery.

After a Google search, however, I found reference to the fact that the clips used in the video are in fact from Koyaanisqatsi itself, rather than simply inspired by it. As the video is directed by none other than Roman Coppola, it's not a huge stretch to believe this, although the fact that I found it referenced no more than a couple of times within the first few pages of search results has left me hesitant about putting it in the Wiki entry as fact.

Can anyone with better knowledge of/access to the film and the video in question confirm whether or not the clips used are in fact from the film? That way a comment can be added either way.

Seb Patrick 16:10, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

There's no "Spoilers End Here" tag. --711groove 02:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC)