Friday, January 30, 2026

'Balance Out of Life': 'Koyaanisqatsi' In Five Minutes














From Kottke:

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Wyatt Hodgson took Godfrey Reggio's landmark 1982 film "Koyaanisqatsi" and sped it up 1552% so you can watch the whole movie in about five minutes.

Time-lapse is used to great effect — you notice different things at different playback speeds — and Hodgson's clever use of the technique reveals the overall structure of the film more more than watching it in realtime (86 minutes)... but the emotion of the film is removed completely.

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Again: click here to watch the compressed version.

More here.

Fair warning: there goes the day.

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