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The movie has no dialogue but does feature the Hopi word koyaanisqatsi, meaning "life of moral corruption and turmoil" or "life out of balance", chanted over a score by Philip Glass, as well as a few different prophecies chanted in Hopi. The Hopi prophecies are translated at the film's end. These are generally forecasts of boiling oceans, burnt land, cobwebs in the sky--for instance, one is "If we dig precious things from the land, we will invite disaster."
The film was made over the course of about six years, three of them spent in shooting and three of them with Reggio and Glass working together on the music: Glass turning in a composition, Reggio recutting the footage to fit it better, Glass recomposing what he'd submitted, etc.
The movie credits Jacques Ellul, Guy Debord and Ivan Illich for its basic inspiration at the end of the film.
Out of print for over a decade, Koyaanisqatsi was rereleased on DVD in late 2002. Much of the reason for the film's disappearance from the market centered around a complicated rights dispute. Reggio's Institute for Regional Education claimed original copyright on the film, but Francis Ford Coppola's was also contending for the film's rights, as it had been funded through his American Zoetrope studio. The film had originally been distributed through Island Entertainment / Palm Pictures , which had subsequently been sold to PolyGram - and after the dissolution of PolyGram Pictures, the entire PolyGram film library had been sold to Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. The IRE released an independently-financed DVD production of the film to raise money for the film's future preservation, but the current mass-market version has been released through MGM.
Koyaanisqatsi is followed by the sequels PowaqqatsiPowaqqatsi: Life in Transformation is the 1988 sequel to the experimental 1983 documentary film Koyaanisqatsi by Godfrey Reggio. Powaqqatsi is a Hopi word meaning "parasitic way of life". While Koyaanisqatsi focused on modern life in industrial countries, and NaqoyqatsiNaqoyqatsi: Life as war is a documentary film released in 2002; it is the third and final film of the Qatsi trilogy by Godfrey Reggio. The film focuses on technology and the perceived lack of natural environments in industrialized society. Koyaanisqatsi: and the shorts Anima Mundi and Evidence. After a lengthy delay caused by funding problems, Reggio has completed Naqoyqatsi, the third installment of his Qatsi series, which premiered in the United States on October 18th, 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom. (http://www.naqoy.com/ )
In 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri the United States Library of CongressThe Library of Congress the unofficial national library of the United States, is one of the most important libraries in the world. Originally founded as a research library for the United States Congress April 24th 1800, its original collection were the bo deemed Koyaanisqatsi " culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film RegistryThe National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. The board, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized in 1992.
The film's cinematographerA cinematographer (from 'cinema photographer') is one photographing with a motion picture camera. The title is generally equivalent to director of photography (DP or DoP), used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, res, Ron Fricke also went on to direct Baraka, a documentary which is often compared to Koyaanisqatsi.
The Philip Glass Ensemble has toured the United States, playing the music for Koyaanisqatsi live, in front of the movie screen.
The chanted koyaanisqatsi lyric was parodied in the P. D. Q. Bach piece Prelude to Einstein on the Fritz, being replaced with the lyric Coy Hotsy-Totsy.
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