Same soundtrack, but updated footage. Our world is VERY different from 1977-1982, which is the time Koyaanisqatsi was originally filmed. We live in a MUCH, MUCH faster pace, with a lot more distractions, a lot more conflict, completely different dynamics and consumerism. We have phones, social media, internet, information overload, millennials.
"You keep him in here, and make sure HE doesn't leave!"
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shareThe world looks different, maybe, but we are the still the same - still living in a world of chaos and even more-so. A remake would be horrible. Look at the two sequels to this movie.. they're much weaker.
The arcade sequence could be replaced by a bunch of people staring at their iPhones but the idea is the same: pointless distractions = useless information overload, and so on.
I see where you are coming from, but I am not sure if I agree.
I sort of agree, but I also disagree.
On one hand, this movie does SUCH excellent job of elevating our normal perspective to something larger and higher that we can directly observe the INSANITY and HORROR of what normal people are doing everyday, as a matter of fact, without questioning any of it at all.
It already exists, you can already get the point from the movie, then all you have to do is extrapolate from there, and maybe you don't even want to get to the true horror of 2020..
It's better to use your imagination as the rendering and graphics engine - as they say, imagination is the best GPU. Therefore, no modern version could quite do it justice anyway.
Also, judging from the 'sequels', it quickly became about SJW politics and the 'human story' and it stopped being this unbiased observer that doesn't take sides, but just shows things 'as is' without narration, without speaking, etc. I guess the temptation to put a narrator or speech into a movie is just too much, and this movie was an anomaly, that won't be repeated.
This movie is partially a work of genius, and you can't put genius in a bottle by just mimicking someone else's work. Any sequel would be flat and try too hard or not understand quite what the first movie did to be so brilliant, etc. It would probably fail and miss the mark, and it would have narrations and politics and SJW stuff, and everything like that - perhaps even skewed perspective and lies!
You can't repeat this movie's genius or perfection - the end result would be tainted.
However, having said ALL that..
..I am a bit intriqued as to what a modern version might look like. I suspect a lot of it wouldn't be drastically different - cars might be shaped differently, but mostly they still pollute, they still look the same from a high altitude, and the traffic hasn't gotten any better. It would probably be more boring, because more cars means less speed..
..so the awesome night-light-scenes would just look slower.
What would look more poignant or more impactful than this movie already shows? I mean, do we NEED more impactful, a stronger message/scenes/movie than this anyway?
Corporations still look the same from the outside, most of the factory work would look very similar, except parts of it might be done by robots now, and .. when you think about it, this movie still shows our modern world pretty well, despite different tech and clothing styles, fewer people and no arcades.
I think the people that used to go to arcades and other similar events, nowadays just stay home because of computers, video games, tablets, minicomputers (that people call phones), and so on. Perhaps old people are not working on those 'sightseeing' things anymore?
The world has become more 'globalized' or 'international' as well - you would see more 'diversity' in crowds all over the west, etc.
Perhaps this could be done in different countries, like Tōkyō instead of american cities, and the cruelty..I mean, meat industry could be shown a bit more in gross (but truthful) detail, and instead of the mad rush that was prevalent in 1982, 'smartphone zombies' could be shown to just sit and stare, or walk slowly and stare in their phones, etc..
I am not sure a modern version is really needed, or if this kind of movie would even work for the modern world, because how do you really show the 'online madness' that exists in so many platforms, protocols, games, boards, forums, etc.?
The world has changed too much - it might even LOOK more sane outwardly in a modern movie like this, although in truth, it's even more insane inwardly.
i watch it for old world nostalgia
shareKoyaanisqatsi already has not only one, but two sequels. Powaqqatsi and Naqoyqatsi. Neither was as interesting as the first one.
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