In an interview, Godfrey Reggio (director) said, "For some people it's an environmental film, some people it's an ode to technology, for some people it's a piece of shit, for other people it moves them deeply."

Not really ironic.

So what? Things will go the way they were. Nothing will change. Nobody cares

*Late 1970s... which actually makes your comment even more accurate. It was a very confusing and conflicting time in America.

Why is the finale shocking? I never considered it to be.

@@BananaPhoPhilly So is this time. Also this movie was filmed mostly in the early 80s. You can tell by the technology.

@@johnspooner1403 mental illness @ john. put the puzzle together of his comment and you can tell what it is. Its either mental illness and you totally understand but cannot comprehend. Or you are just one of the sheeple out there. who cares. For your health.

@@johnspooner1403 It's basically a metaphor of how humanity's "aim for the stars" might backfire if we're not careful and humble ourselves. At least that's one of the interpretations I have.

EXACTLY all my thoughts! You put it almost precisely the way I feel and I couldn't have said it more aptly myself!

I somewhat agree with this comment, however, people not smiling doesn't mean they aren't happy, and people shouldn't always be happy, sometimes we have to feel sad, angry,etc. I know a lot about psychology, and I've learned its unhealthy to always force yourself to be happy, of course, you want to be happy when you can, but sometimes you just need to let it all out, you know? I have to thank you for posting this comment however, it had made me think about being more open. I have the mindset that you could be great friends with near everyone if you just talked to them and got to know them really well.

I keep thinking, most of these people are probably dead now.

That was the beginning of Ridley Scott as film maker.

Well said.

Both of which have gotten MANY times worse since this was filmed.

That comment is 12 years old. 😮. That means Philip is now like 87. :(. That means sadly he won’t be with us much longer.

That thousand yard stare.

He sure was good with that stare! Didn’t blink once! Boss! Don’t know how he did it. lol

you got a specific time for that ? in the film?

That was an awesome movie too

Bollocks

I don't know; from a distance, he certainly looks that way, but as it zooms in, it seems there is a vague sense of sadness in his eyes.

Hit the nail on the head!!

Soldiers of the 60s 70s and even 80s were made of some pretty tough stuff!!!! Not so much anymore though. 😒😞

@@AngryTinyManaww. :(. Never noticed that.

Until we are aware of more civilisations here on earth lost to time and dust or civilisations elsewhere, we're the best there is :(

Completely missed the point.

@@SSFhighcommandJOHN didn't ask don't care cry about it cinawanker

@@SSFhighcommandJOHN There can be multiple points to this scene/movie. This is a good point to make, though perhaps not *The* point.

​@@SSFhighcommandJOHNHe/She didn't miss the point. This is an EXTRA point.

@@MKMousanzthank you. 👍🏼😁

It absolutely is. The director of the film could have used any multitude of billboards at the time but he chose THAT billboard. I think it absolutely has meaning.

The illusion is that everyone thinks that this system is stable but it’s bound to fail at any time now. I also interpret it as the illusion that we’re satisfied with this structure of living.

Its flat. No globe.

@@jasonodell79er No, the Earth is a fucking triangle, you moron.

@@jasonodell79er thank you odell

Best trilogy ever made.

bro owns a thesaurus gyatt damn

i feel the case can be made that most modern artistic masterpieces draw upon this film in some way

I need your boots, your clothes and your motorcycle....

Yes

Seth K I believe it’s a giant OTB (off track betting) place near Times Square. My grandfather would place bets there, and he’s in this scene, which I discovered accidentally while watching this classic movie on PBS. He’s at 1:30 in, the Big Guy in the yellow shirt and blazer. He was awesome. The grand illusion is that he was a gentle giant:)).

@@pearlyd1673 That's great! Since first seeing this at a very young age on VHS in the 80s, I was often curious about the individuals immortalised in Koyaanisqatsi's scenes. Who they were, what they were doing etc.

There's multiple homeless people in this movie, just not on this scene.

Pranx some made it

...some more than others

Ants do not have wisdom, they act on instinct and pheromones; and in a way it sustains them.

@@rixille and how different are we? Free will? Dont make me laugh. If anything, I think we are worse off than ants in that sense since our eusocial structure is not well developed nor well structured.

Exactly. Watch on psychedelics. Once your brain's bias is removed you will see what this film intended, in plain sight, to be seen. People walking through each other. The charade of 'whole' bodies. Non-Human entities. Watchers. Wake up. The Matrix is Real. See this film as just beautiful cinematography and it is 'WHOOOSH' above your head. Unplug and this is how the world really is. Unplug and you will be one of the very few that see what is REALLY going on. The single Universe you happen to be aware of is but one of an infinite variation of infinite multiverses of which each of your infinite vibrational frequencies are experiencing at each and every moment of the Big Bang. Wake Up. The Matrix is Real. Unplug.

Absolutely true. People that have grown up with TV and Mass Media have no concept whatsoever of the Grand Illusion. Over 80% of Humans have no issue that 9/11 was a pre-laid demolition... but in the USofA and the UK 80% think the three buildings that collapsed were brought down by the two innocuous, comparatively small, passenger jets that hit just two buildings. The connection... The two "Most Plugged-Into_Mass-Media" countries on the planet!!

Thanks for the advice, “Knitted Ghandi”

Sir William Courtenay Dude, First off, no one can keep a secret, not even who had an affair with who. Lawyers don’t keep secrets of politicians who sleep around. Do you seriously think that no one would have stepped forward by now to produce actual evidence of participation, even anonymously? Also, do you seriously think that Americans of a great enough number to plan and set all these explosives would be party to killing their countrymen on those jets just to have the illusion it was someone else?!? I was in the military and there is no one, and I mean no one that would follow such an order. The structural engineer took the WTC girder failure personally. Fueled Passenger jets on kamikaze stuka dives have the power of extremely large bombs. Have you seen what one plane did to Lockerby Scotland? And that was not running at full throttle. Did you actually see the videos of the impact? The whole building shook violently. Those buildings had a few structural supports in the interior and they were compromised. Skyscrapers are not made to both hold the floors up AND take a direct hit by a fueled jet. I’ve seen the interviews. The fire supression material was blown off the cross members. Americans are not orders of magnitude more evil than these terrorists, sorry you sick clown. I have a close relative that was a first responder there on 9/11 and none of them believe this horse$hit.

@@sirwilliamcourtenay9395 mister courtenay, cease your investigations immediately. We will install a 5G memory eraser outside your home and if that fails we will swiftly bring you under grey alien custody and you will be captured by the men in black. Thank you for your cooperation and we hope you enjoyed your stay in civilisation(tm).