Open AccessKoyaanisqatsi and the Posthuman Aesthetics of a Mechanical Stare
Author(s) -
Gary Matthew Varner
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
film criticism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2471-4364
pISSN - 0163-5069
DOI - 10.3998/fc.13761232.0041.104
Subject(s) - posthuman , aesthetics , art , philosophy
This article examines Godfrey Reggio’s experimental documentary film Koyaanisqatsi in the contexts of: Posthumanism, militarized society, and Ecocinema. The article argues that Koyaanisqatsi’s environmentalism is marked by much more complexity than a simple “back-to-nature” ethos. The article concludes by considering what Koyaanisqatsi offers as a warning about drone films