Truly a masterpiece and no pretence...

This movie is definitely not 'artsy fartsy'.

If it was, it would stink after a few years and some water under the bridge. I discovered this film by accident, a friend mentioned the title and I was interested and when I saw it on my large plasma screen it had an impact, not like it would have on a cinema screen in 1982 but it is still an experience.

You have to be in the right frame of mind to allow it to take you out of your daily life and into a timeless dream of nature and humans and elemental forces. There is air and water, dust and rock, men and animals and time is irrelevant. Seeing a cloudbank writhing over a riverbed dug over millions of years is thought-provoking, as is the sight of workers making hot dogs or streams of cars compared to circuit boards.

The repetitive soundtrack is unique and will initially grate on many people, but once you have heard it through and accepted it, you can begin to enjoy the experience of Koyaanisqatsi.

I love the jets in the heat haze, and the candid expressions of common people caught in the street. I feel like an ant after watching this, it is a moving experience that you will enjoy more as you come to appreciate it like a favourite lookout that you visit to view the same panorama with renewed appreciation each year.

Time passing is relevant to humans but not to the planet, humans may come and go but the cycles of wind and water will go on long after we have become extinct.

See it and accept it and you will not be sorry.