# Name of art film sought **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940 "2012-03-06T17:01:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940/1 "2012-03-06T17:01:55Z")
About 20 years ago I saw a film on PBS involving rediculously sped-up film of cars on the freeway and trains on the tracks. Ending with a missile launch exploding and the debris falling back to earth. The title was something like KOINIOSTATSI 😕 An Indian word meaning “out of step with harmony” ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940/2 "2012-03-06T17:05:19Z")
I don’t know, but it sounds incredibly like the footage Benny Hill used to use as a euphemism for coitus! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940/3 "2012-03-06T17:05:26Z")
[Koyaanisqatsi](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085809/)? ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940/4 "2012-03-06T17:18:54Z")
that’s it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940/5 "2012-03-06T21:27:40Z")
Fantastic opening shot. Excellent soundtrack. Highly recommended. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940/6 "2012-03-07T00:08:19Z")
It’s part of a trilogy, with \*Powaqqatsi \*and _Naqoyqatsi_. Also worth checking out: _Baraka_, by the cinematographer for _Koyaanisqatsi_. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940/7 "2012-03-07T02:31:24Z")
Listening to the deep koaning, I can’t help but imagining them singing: “Lothar of the Hill People” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940/8 "2012-03-07T04:16:44Z")
> [@Steken](#): > > Excellent soundtrack. I respectfully disagree. ‘Excellent’ it is not. It is an amazing, absolutely extraordinary soundtrack. The movie is not even incomplete without it. (And, it turned me on to the equally amazing [Philip Glass](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Glass)) (his [website](http://www.philipglass.com/)) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940/9 "2012-03-07T05:48:39Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > I respectfully disagree. ‘Excellent’ it is not. > > It is an amazing, absolutely extraordinary soundtrack. The movie is not even incomplete without it. > > (And, it turned me on to the equally amazing [Philip Glass](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Glass)) (his [website](http://www.philipglass.com/)) I’ve been fortunate enough to see Glass perform several of his film scores as live accompaniment to the movie, and this concert/screening was unquestionably the highlight. Unforgettable. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940/10 "2012-03-07T06:52:59Z")
I first saw this film at the Manor Art Cinema in Wilton Manors, FL during it’s original theatrical release. I was blown away. I’ve bought this film in both VHS and DVD, and now I’m eagerly awaiting the Blu-ray release. I’ve also bought the soundtrack on LP, cassette & CD. This was my first exposure to Phillip Glass. He quickly grew to be one of my favorite composers. I can’t say enough good things about this movie or it’s soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940/11 "2012-03-07T17:08:29Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > I respectfully disagree. ‘Excellent’ it is not. > > It is an amazing, absolutely extraordinary soundtrack. The movie is not even incomplete without it. > > (And, it turned me on to the equally amazing [Philip Glass](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Glass)) (his [website](http://www.philipglass.com/)) _Threadjack_ I unfortunately acquired one of his early CDs called Glassworks. Unadulterated shite. Gave and still gives me a headache. I’d take waterboarding over that CD any day of the week. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940/12 "2012-03-07T18:26:01Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > _Threadjack_ > > I unfortunately acquired one of his early CDs called Glassworks. > > Unadulterated shite. It came out in 2003, so not an early work in the Glass oeuvre, the commercially available part thereof which began circa 1988. And, not shite. _De gustibus non est disputandum_ ETA: “threadjack” or “threadshit”? (or should I say, “threadshite”?) ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940/13 "2012-03-07T18:32:30Z")
My error - it came out in 1990. And still, it is not shite. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940/14 "2012-03-14T17:24:35Z")
… Slight zombie here, but I just had to add that IMHO, Glass’ absolutely finest work is the first act of _Satyagraha_. Just an incredible, incredible piece of music. ---
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Ashley\_Pomeroy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashley_Pomeroy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-art-film-sought/614940/15 "2012-03-15T20:55:15Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > My error - it came out in 1990. Glassworks actually came out in 1982, I used to have it on tape. I remember reading that it was one of the first digital recordings and one of the earliest CDs, and the idea was that it was going to introduce a new generation to Philip Glass’ works, and I didn’t just copy that from Wikipedia. I didn’t. I knew it already. It’s a bit like _Koyaanisqatsi_-lite and it has “Facades” on it, which is the famous one that Glass gets lots of royalties for. You know, it goes nee-nah-nee-nah-nee-nah (breathe in) nee-nah-nee-nah. Dooo. Nee-nah etc. Yes, _that_ one. There are two releases of the _Koyaanisqatsi_ soundtrack - the first one was on a budget label or something, and the second one had a lot more music and came in a cardboard box. It also works as an introduction to Philip Glass because it’s a lot more concise than _Einstein on the Beach_, I can tell you. Imagine being strapped in a chair and made to watch _Koyaanisqatsi_ while on drugs, like in _A Clockwork Orange_, you’d be changed.