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"I was first irritated and then angry that I'd been taken in by this crazy composer who obviously doted on repetition. I thought of leaving. Then, with no conscious awareness, I crossed a threshold and found that the music was touching me, carrying me with it."

A common psychological phenomenon amongst hostages.

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HA!

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I *love* Koyaanisqatsi. I saw it in theaters, and got a copy on VHS (yes, I'm that old) when I could. Amusingly enough, I found that Koyaanisqatsi was quite effective with the ladies; every time I got someone home to watch....

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I've listened to the album a million times. I'll have to watch, at long last. Many thanks!

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The first half of the movie is quite slow. But the payoff at the end is worth it.

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DON’T buy the film from Apple. The scum replaced the wonderful demolition of blocks of inhuman ‘projects’ buildings at the end of the film with close-up shots of computer circuit boards - without saying that they’d castrated or bowdlerized the film. These elitist scum can’t have the Great Unwashed getting any fancy ideas…

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WAAAT? Those BASTARDS!

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No shit. Never bought another film from them after that. I detest the “nudging” these scum get away with.

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Sep 23, 2022Liked by Ben Boychuk

"That was a lot of minimalism."

Haha. Great line : )

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