Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator
by thewebcount on Friday November 25, 2022 @10:57PM
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Yeah, I really do not like Philip Glass’s music, but I actually love the soundtrack to this movie. I heard it one day on the radio (local classical station was playing it) a few years after the movie came out and didn’t know what it was. I was really surprised it was by him. But the rest of his stuff just doesn’t work for me at all.
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Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator
by indigodaddy on Friday November 25, 2022 @11:10PM
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Funnily, Koyaanisqatsi ranks on the lower end for me for Glass works (no pun intended). I’m a huge Glass fan(atic perhaps), and much prefer stuff like Truman Sleeps, Mishima, Jane soundtrack, Glassworks, Symphony #4 Heroes (Glass/Bowie/Eno), Mad Rush, etc etc. His music composed specifically for the piano is gorgeous.
Amy Dickson’s saxophone interpretations of his violin concertos are absolutely riveting, example: https://youtu.be/ZdUWPA_AX6o
Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator
by carewell on Friday November 25, 2022 @11:54PM
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It's interesting that there are two fan groups of Glass' music with almost no overlap. Qatsi trilogy is also on the lower end for me, but my favorite pieces are his more experimental works like Einstein on the Beach. Most of his Hollywood soundtracks are way more conventional.
Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator
by Zababa on Friday November 25, 2022 @11:57PM
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The soundtrack from Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is absolutely incredible, just like the movie as a whole. I've been looking for a way to get prints of some parts of the movie, the last blu ray from Criterion has a small booklet with a few pictures from the sets, but they're very small.
Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator
by carewell on Saturday November 26, 2022 @12:01AM
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AI upscaling works incredibly well in my experience.
Re:Gifaanisqatsi: A Random Koyaanisqatsi Generator
by Zababa on Saturday November 26, 2022 @12:26AM
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Is there any in particular that you would recommend? I'll admit that I have a negative prior for AI upscaling, as I've seen a few cases in I think iPhone pictures where the AI added things that weren't there. Ideally I'd like to find the original pictures of the sets, as either they will be digital, or can be digitized without losing anything, but it looks like it would require a trip to the USA at the E. Young Research Library, and I'm not even sure I would be allowed to take copies.