Koyaanisqatsi

Koyaanisquatsi is an experimental video by Francis Ford Coppola. The film is different from others I have seen because it doesnt have a clear storyline, specific charecters or any speech. The film is made up of imagery and music. The imagery is of different places and time periods in the world. There are images of nature, old buidlings being destroyed, new buildings and hectic scenes of every day life

The meaning of the word Koyannisquatsi is Life without balance. I think the concept of this film is too show the cycle of life and death. I think this because there are alot of scenes of nature which to me represents life and there are scenes towards the end of explosions and destruction which can represent death.

I think the context of this film is influenced by the time period, as it was made in the 1980's when New York was modernising. There was alot of thought behind making this film and it took 6 years too make.