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The title Koyaanisqatsi means "Life out of Balance" in the Hopi language.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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A quote from Wikipedia: "In the Hopi language, the word Koyaanisqatsi means 'life of moral corruption and turmoil, life out of balance'."
UrbanReviewSTL 2008
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He came to the Southwest, he tells Finley, to get away from the sped-up, "Koyaanisqatsi" - style time of the city, the "endless counting down."
NYT > Home Page By GEOFF DYER 2010
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We have all sinned in condoning a civilization best characterized by the Hopi Indian word Koyaanisqatsi, meaning "crazy life, life in turmoil, life out of balance, life disintegrating, a state of life that calls for another way of living."
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It is during this brief moment of human history that we have created what the Hopi Indians call Koyaanisqatsi, their word that means "life out of balance."
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It is during this brief moment of human history that we have created what the Hopi Indians call Koyaanisqatsi, their word that means "life out of balance."
Consumed With Guilt Matthew Modine 2010
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So Glass chose his “Anthem” from Powaqqatsi which could just as easily be called Koyaanisqatsi 2: The Bleakening.
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It is during this brief moment of human history that we have created what the Hopi Indians call Koyaanisqatsi, their word that means "life out of balance."
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In the seminal 1982 movie "Koyaanisqatsi," life is portrayed as out of balance.
Web Video ��� An Industry out of Balance - Jim Louderback - MediaBizBlogger 2009
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For those curious, the music is contemporary remix of Philip Glass' "Koyaanisqatsi" song.
Watchmen Comic-Con Footage Free on iTunes! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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