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April 15, 2004

Koyaanisqatsi

I saw it for the first time tonight. I hated, hated, hated this movie. All form, no substance. And don't give me that "It's a deep message about the environment." It's pretentious nonsense, and I hate you for even defending it.

It's scored by Phillip Glass, so I should have known. Although, the score does include a song where the title is sung repeated for a 5 minute stretch, so I guess I can't criticize the music that much.

All in all, this seemed less a real movie, than a fake movie that would be displayed in a movie or sitcom as an example of a pretentious movie.