Title: Sleep-inducing, obvious, repetitive
Product review: Granted, Koyaanisqatsi had a certain freshness and art-house novelty when it was first released, and the cinematography (which was better realized in Baraka, and accompanied by better music) is worthwhile, but the unspeakably obvious latter-day Luddite point is hammered home in the first 20 minutes. Many of the images have poetry, yes, but you can't make an epic poem of a haiku. Powaqqatsi ranks several notches below its predecessor, and is scarcely worth even a first viewing. The remastered dolby digital sound is great--if only it revealed anything worth hearing after five minutes. I can't fathom why anyone would want to watch either film more than once. I know of no one who has seen either who didn't prefer Ron Fricke's (director of photography for both of these films) Baraka instead. No wonder he didn't return for Reggio's final installment of the trilogy, Naqoyqatsi. He prefers his sleep aids in the over-the-counter format.
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