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Posted by Lira on Mar-24-2008 16:19:

The Qatsi Trilogy

I've just found out about Phillip Glass and, after falling in love with his music, I decided to watch the (not so) famous trilogy Qatsi. Who's seen it? Did you like it?

Also, if you like this kind of artsy film, could you help me find a completely unrelated film? I didn't see the beginning, HBO aired it many years ago and I just caught the last half of it. I remember there were some guys crossing the desert in a jeep, and they end up knocking down a blue guy (who eventually died). A tribe of blue guys then appears and asks for one of the travellers to stay, and end up killing him. Later, a black guy and a redhead start having violent sex in what seems to be an analogy of Adam and Eve.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Mar-24-2008 16:29:

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Originally posted by Lira
...could you help me find a completely unrelated film? I didn't see the beginning, HBO aired it many years ago and I just caught the last half of it. I remember there were some guys crossing the desert in a jeep, and they end up knocking down a blue guy (who eventually died). A tribe of blue guys then appears and asks for one of the travellers to stay, and end up killing him. Later, a black guy and a redhead start having violent sex in what seems to be an analogy of Adam and Eve.

Never seen it, but that sounds like The Loss of Sexual Innocence:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126859/

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Mar-24-2008 16:30:

Oh, and Koyaanisqatsi is cool.

Posted by Lira on Mar-24-2008 23:56:

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Thanks, JBJ So, No one else saw it?

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Never seen it, but that sounds like The Loss of Sexual Innocence:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126859/

That was spot on! But...If you've never seen it, how did you know?

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Mar-25-2008 00:02:

I adore Philip Glass, and those films. My college room mate and I used to watch Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqatsi while drunk at 3 in the morning on our 94" projector. A spiritual experience. I can't tell you how many times I drifted off into dream while watching those films.

I bought Baraka as well, and while the images are just as amazing, the score is nowhere near as compelling.

Posted by Tt1 on Mar-25-2008 00:37:

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Originally posted by Lira
I've just found out about Phillip Glass and, after falling in love with his music, I decided to watch the (not so) famous trilogy Qatsi. Who's seen it? Did you like it?

Hell yea! I own all of those and they're probably amongst the best movies in my collection.

And about Philip Glass, I found out about him last year when I ran into a friend of mine who was sampling his music for rap instrumentals...It wasn't until then that I did the research to find out that he's been making music for the series of "Candy Man" movies. Philip Glass is just unreal.

Posted by nefardec on Mar-25-2008 02:00:

i'm a huge fan of the qatsis

i have shown at least koyaanisqatsi to nearly everyone i know

philip glass has been a big influence on me

besides koyanissqatsi, the truman show soundtrack, i really like his second symphony and 'itaipu: the canyon'. 'truman sleeps' from the truman show soundtrack is maybe one of my absolute favorites though,

i had a college roommate who was extremely into glass and he played me pretty much his entire discography.

Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Mar-25-2008 02:11:

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Originally posted by Lira
That was spot on! But...If you've never seen it, how did you know?

I read a review of it a while ago, and the review had a picture of the black Adam and red-haired Eve.