Vegan Pancakes and Rebel Cinema: Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

Sunday, 27 September

Vegan Pancakes and Rebel Cinema: Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

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*** doors open from 2PM (kapstok hangout)
*** 18.30 vegan pancakes are served for donation (spicy and savory chickpea flour pancakes as main course & sweet wheat flour pancakes with fruit for desert)
*** +/- 19.30 screening of Koyaanisqatsi (1982, 85 min.)

An unconventional work in every way, Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi was nevertheless a sensation when it was released in 1982. Without a story, dialogue, or characters, this work wordlessly surveys the rapidly changing environments of the Northern Hemisphere, in an astonishing collage created by the director, cinematographer Ron Fricke, and composer Philip Glass.

The movie shuttles viewers from one jaw-dropping vision to the next, moving from images of untouched nature to others depicting human beings’ increasing dependence on technology Koyaanisqatsi’s heterodox methods (including hypnotic time-lapse photography) make it a look at our world from a truly unique angle.

"It's meant to offer an experience, rather than an idea," said Reggio in a 2002 interview. "For some people, it's an environmental film. For some, it's an ode to technology. For some people, it's a piece of shit. Or it moves people deeply. It depends on who you ask. It is the journey that is the objective."

Check out the trailer here: https://youtu.be/1jM2WA2WbDc

Date & Time: 

Sunday, 27 September, 2015 - 18:00

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  • film
  • food

Price: 

  • by donation
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