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Originally Posted by Octane
Gary,
I'll go ahead and erase my post. 
H |
Hi H,
Don't do that.
It's a extraordinary piece of film!
Though it is not all time lapse, have you ever had the chance to see Koyaanisqatsi?
It is also a wonderful film. Shot in 1985 by Ron Fricke and directed by Godfrey
Reggio, some of the early scenes in it include places such as the Goosenecks
which Dustin Farrell also featured in his marvelous video. (You might recollect
Andrew and I shot some photographs at the Goosenecks a few years back
so seeing it always brings back that thrill of looking down into them for the first time.)
Koyaanisqatsi has an extraordinary original soundtrack by Philip Glass and
if you ever get the opportunity to see the film being projected on a big screen
whilst Philip Glass and the Philip Glass Ensemble play the music live, it is
a moving experience. I've had the opportunity to attend two performances at the
Opera House over the years when Philip Glass has come out here and should
the opportunity ever arise again, wouldn't hesitate to attend again. I wholeheartedly
recommend it.
Ron Fricke shot and directed Chronos (1985), which is almost entirely time lapse
and Baraka (1992), which included those wonderful tracking time laps shots in the
Arches National Park. I only wish they could have also had Philip Glass scores
as both films would have been transformed to another level. But there is
no denying the wonderful cinematography and for example check out the
beautiful sequence of light rays Fricke captures in Chronos from 1:26 to to 02:22 in
this segment here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFzrO...eature=related
This was shot on film in 65mm for IMAX and all the more remarkable when you
consider it was done 26 years ago.
Thanks again for the great link.
