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Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator
- petercooper 4y agoKoyaanisqatsi is my favorite movie by a mile, so obviously I love this. Koy is interesting because it's not simply a movie painting a certain picture (which an experiment like this can't do), but because it's a format too (which this experiment focuses on). The third in the trilogy of Qatsi movies, Naqoyqatsi, while the least well known is probably the closest fit for this experiment since it's almost entirely stock footage laid over the (orchestral – in contrast to Koy) soundtrack. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgM46I-ZryM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgM46I-ZryM
- FeistySkink 4y agoI haven't watched the first one since forever. Any specific version you would recommend? I imagine the modern versions are going to be cropped one way or the other. Is that the case?
- carewell 4y agoCriterion's 2012 Blu-ray release is probably the best available. It's a restored and remastered version that was made with the involvement of the original crew.
- classichasclass 4y agoSeconded. Bought the Criterion box set, never regretted it. Looks fabulous in the home theatre.
- hypertele-Xii 4y agoIRE
- carewell 4y agoFor some reason Reggio opted against releasing this version commercially years later with Criterion, so not sure it's what he would recommend himself.
- carewell 4y agoThat was also my first thought - Naqoyqatsi would have been a better fit.
- dtgriscom 4y agoOy, veh. Philip Glass gives me the hives. DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdleDWEEdledie DWEEdleDWEEdledie DWEEdleDWEEdledie DWEEdleDWEEdledie DWEEdleDWEEdledie DWEEdleDWEEdledie DWEEdleDWEEdledie DWEEdleDWEEdledie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie DWEEdelie doodelie ... for an hour.
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- andrei_says_ 4y agoThe minimalism is precisely why I like him.
- indigodaddy 4y agoPerhaps he’s an acquired taste. Although I fell for Glass immediately as an adult. As soon as I heard a few notes I was drawn to the music.
- bb88 4y agoI think the Tales From the Loop soundtrack is easy to get into. Yes there is repetition, but there's also motion as the phrases change to convey different ideas.
- indigodaddy 4y agoYes, I enjoyed the music in that series. VERY reminiscent of Truman soundtrack, but of course, he borrows and does variations upon his own earlier works all the time. Truman is very reminiscent of Mishima imo also.
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- indigodaddy 4y agoFor anyone interested, Koyaanisqatsi is on sale on iTunes for $5, and the bundle with Powaqqatsi is $10. Highly recommend for anyone who’s never seen it— it’s definitely an experience. Also if it ever goes to 4K, iTunes will upgrade it. https://www.reddit.com/r/iTunesMovieDeals/comments/z4f5qt/koyaanisqatsi_powaqqatsi_2pack_999/ https://www.reddit.com/r/iTunesMovieDeals/comments/z4f5qt/ko...
- alpaca128 4y ago> Also if it ever goes to 4K, iTunes will upgrade it. And if, as Sony elegantly put it, license term "evolving" happens[0], iTunes will remove it and you won't ever have access to movies you bought. At this point I don't trust anyone to keep digital purchases. It's either on my harddrive and backup DRM free or I don't actually own it. [0] https://www.howtogeek.com/817070/your-digital-movies-will-not-last-forever-and-sony-just-proved-it/ https://www.howtogeek.com/817070/your-digital-movies-will-no...
- 411111111111111 4y ago> It's either on my harddrive and backup DRM free or I don't actually own it. It's quiet confusing that some people don't understand that, considering that's literally the name of it: digital rights management. You only ever get a temporary permission to play a media with DRM. It's literally the reason for it's inception.
- alpaca128 4y agoI don't care about the legalese, if the button says "purchase" and not "rent" then I'm going to treat it that way. If you buy a car the manufacturer can't just randomly come and take your keys because their license for the car's paint ran out. And they'd also not get away with it by giving it a fancy "rights management" name and hiding it in some agreement. Additionally lobbies pushed our government to create what's basically a tax on all digital storage media that's included in the price, based on the assumption that companies lose out on money when I copy music from my PC to my music player etc. Which by the way is my right by law, but they decided I have to pay for that right. No, the most I'm going to do with that DRM license agreement is to wipe my ass with it.
- StillLrning123 4y agoKoyaanisqatsi and Sunless by Chris Marker are movies I come back to and rediscover over and over. Sunless can be watched on you tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdusEgrbhgA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdusEgrbhgA
- gala8y 4y agoThank you for mentioning Sunless. Absolutely interesting and very personal, I would say.
- iamdbtoo 4y agoRon Fricke's other works, namely Baraka, are also worth a watch. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103767/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103767/
- poulpy123 4y agoChris Marker made my favourite movie: la Jetée (on youtube with english subtitles here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU99W-ZrIHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU99W-ZrIHQ). It was the inspiration of the movie 12 Monkeys
- JoeDaDude 4y agoTo those who complain about Koyaanisqatsi being dated, remember this film was made before such a thing as music videos existed. You might even say it was one of the first, the other being Disney's Fantasia.
- tohnjitor 4y agoMusic videos existed before Koyaanisqatsi.
- jfengel 4y agoFor many years, Koyaanisqatsi was the marker in my Netflix DVD queue between "movies I actually want to see" and "movies that I probably ought to see one of these days but don't really want to". Whenever Koyaanisqatsi got near the top of the list, I'd find something else to bump above it. Then some new films would come out, and it would get pushed down more. Eventually, though, enough new stuff came out on streaming that I needed the Netflix DVD service less and less. I'd watch it occasionally... and then one day Koyaanisqatsi arrived at my door. As expected, I didn't really care for it. Not that it isn't brilliant; it's just not my thing. I'm glad that it brings so much pleasure to some people. But I won't be adding the other two to the queue. (And in fact it's rapidly reaching time to jettison the Netflix DVD service. There used to be many things available only that way, but it's just not the case any more. Not only have they substantially pared down their once-vast catalog, but I have realized that I'm just not a movie buff who wants a vast back catalog.)
- planetsprite 4y agoOne interesting next step to the idea is to indicate a continuity of meaning via the edits. For example, for each randomly selected gif, have the next gif share at least one tag. This allows each vaguely connected gif to create a randomly generated narrative by their connected meaning.
- carewell 4y agoThis will likely lead to some unexpected detrimental paths like endless videos of cats. But I like the general idea of continuity! Without any storytelling this generator becomes boring very fast.
- Zagill 4y agoMaybe keep track of the last n tags used and only select gifs based on tags not in that list?
- carewell 4y agoIt should be possible to be even more prescriptive. E.g. write a "screenplay" (or even let GPT3 generate it) -- basically just a progression of tags -- and then pick random videos that match that.
- browningstreet 4y agowww.radioparadise.com does this with song titles
- superbatfish 4y agoThe Koyaanisqatsi cinematographer went on to become a director himself, and made the movie “Baraka” in the same style. IMHO, it’s even better.
- carewell 4y agoTo me Baraka always felt like a ripoff, despite its wonderful cinematography.
- kls0e 4y agoIf you enjoy adapted koyaanisqatsi ripoffs, try https://tita.lol https://tita.lol :-)
- john-tells-all 4y agoI adore Koya and Baraka. I agree Baraka is easier to get into: it's more "human" and soft and animal, vs Koya being bombastic and somewhat frightening. (Which is the point: Koya means "life out of balance") They're both required!
- WatchDog 4y agoSamsara is probably my second favourite after koyaanisqatsi, would highly recommend checking that out too.
- the_cat_kittles 4y agoAbsolutely love samsara, Lisa Gerrard did the score which i think is very very cool
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- Jedd 4y agoPowaqqatsi holds a special place in my heart - it's the only film that has ever put me to sleep in a theatre. The style of this reminds me of Infinite Adam Curtis, a generated series of video clips overlaid with random punchy / pithy comments in (very loosely) his style. https://www.tomscott.com/infinite-adam-curtis/ https://www.tomscott.com/infinite-adam-curtis/
- elevaet 4y agoI'm a big fan of Adam Curtis' movies, and this is awesome for taking the piss, love it haha! I'd like to think he'd find it funny too.
- waltbosz 4y agoI once took an MP4 of Koyaanisqatsi and reversed the whole video sequence. It was quite a joy to watch the film backwards. I also experimented with time lapse videography after watching the film. I am surprised by what does and doesn't work as a time lapse. Also, Phillip Glass is the cousin of Ira Glass from the radio program This American Life.
- Cockbrand 4y agoAs someone who's been familiar with Monkeon's work for about 20 years via https://b3ta.com/ https://b3ta.com/, I wonder about the size of the intersection between people on HN and b3tans.
- donatj 4y agoMy wife and I recently went to see a showing of Koyaanisqatsi at a local art theater in Minneapolis. My wife fell asleep; she was snoring and completely unrousable despite my best efforts and minor embarrassment. After the movie she said she really enjoyed what she had seen but found the Philip Glass soundtrack entirely too soothing.
- vanderZwan 4y agoFrom what I understand falling asleep in response to getting comfortable is simply a sign of sleep shortage, so I wouldn't hold that against your wife
- webwielder2 4y agoEspecially if she was “completely unrousable.” Sounds like something y’all need to address.
- vanderZwan 4y agoThe good news is that they've already established that Philip Glass apparently is a good sleeping aid for her!
- kf 4y agoNice. For Philip Glass fans, his third opera Akhenaten gets my strongest possible recommendations, it's visually spectacular at the level of Einstein on the Beach but musically accessible and vaguely pleasant while certainly not being bland. The Metropolitan Opera (NYC) is streaming it on a free trial along with much of the rest of their best recent work. I've learned a lot of people have a conception of opera as a woman singing in a particular style and don't actually realize how visually spectacular the best modern opera has become. https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=810004200920 https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=8100042...
- mwlp 4y agoAwesome! Wasn’t aware this recording existed. I became a Glass fan after watching Leviathan (2014) featuring Akhenaten.
- idiocrat 4y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GqpcA8dPjs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GqpcA8dPjs Akhnaten by Philip Glass. Arranged entirely for Minecraft note blocks and with narrator voice like Stephen Hawking. Very enjoyable interpretation.
- cainxinth 4y agoThat was hilarious and amazing!
- aaa_aaa 4y agoCommodore 64 game Delta uses this music, very good.
- dirtyid 4y agoThis is fantastic.