How exactly would this thing be any different if it was just a collection of random stock footage edited to run on loop? This is meant to be a rhetoric question, but let me answer anyway: in no way whatsoever. Koyaanisqatsi is a pretentious film that has nothing to say. It's aimed for people who overanalyze everything and use their own imagination to find some hidden meanings that are not there. Was the cellar door truly red because the color red symbolizes "anger"? Or was it red because the person who happened to paint it 50 years ago had some extra paint left from another project that they just wanted to use to save some money? Perhaps this film manages to rise some thoughts in some people who "want" this film to be something special and deep, but those who are ready to take it for what it objectively is: I'd rather recommend going to youtube and let it generate a playlist based to the words "old army stuff" and "suffering nature" and you are very likely to get hits that have more to say than this specific piece of film.

Humanity, nature and cycle. The director succeeds in presenting the audience in detail without dialogue in three parts. In this documentary you can question life, wars, people's anger, contempt, inequality and everything. You see a philosophy accompanied by awesome images. I think many people can get bored, but you have to be patient and watch. I want to open a separate parenthesis to the music of the documentary. The audiences are almost sticking to the seat. Do people pollute every environment? Where does humanity come from and where does it go?

This is my favourite movie of all times, and the reason that this beautiful piece of cinematography could help anyone (and by anyone, I mena anyone, even aliens) understand planet earth and our interaction with it as a civilisation.No words, just music and great images that describe in a beautiful way what planet earth is about.

This strange title hide a movie which critics the world of today, who is evolve constantly but since the human is living on this planet, the pollution is common."Koyaanisqatsi" is an awesome movie for cinema lover peoples because it contains fabulous images and a wonderful music. This movie make us think about the actions of the human on the environment. After watched this movie, i realize the earth changed a lot since the human use it. But, i think some shots in this movie are a bit slow.Directed by an unknown people with the name of Godfrey Reggio, formerly monk, this movie will stays in my mind and i don't will hesitate to watch it again.A must see movie.