Architecture mini season: Koyaanisqatsi plus intro at the Electric Palace

We are delighted to close our Architecture mini season celebrating buildings and places on screen, and marvelling in the beauty and power of architecture from all across the globe with this incredible art film classic - and what some might say is the quintessential environmental movie.

Koyaanisqatsi's formula is simple: combine the epic, remarkable cinematography of Ron Fricke with the swelling intensity and repeating motifs of Philip Glass's celebrated original score, plus Godfrey Reggio who drove the project for six years on a small budget as he travelled with Fricke across the US in the mid-to-late 1970s, filming its natural and urban wonders with such originality. What does the title mean? Its tagline was life out of balance, a Hopi translation of the title.

Speaking in an interview in 2002, Reggio explains:

"It's meant to offer an experience, rather than an idea. For some people, it's an environmental film. For some, it's an ode to technology. For some people, it's a piece of shit. Or it moves people deeply. It depends on who you ask. It is the journey that is the objective."

Plus introduction on Sunday 22nd at 3pm by Julia Andrews-Clifford, Creative Director of the Electric Palace Cinema, season curator and photomontage artist:

"This classic art gem from the '80s, produced by Francis Ford Coppola, is a sensory masterpiece that has to be seen on the big screen! It celebrates both the skyscraper and the canyon in equal measure and is not just a film but an immersive experience"

You may also like the following events from ElectricPalace Hastings:

• This Friday, 6th June, 07:30 pm, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire at the Electric Palace in Hastings
• This Sunday, 8th June, 03:00 pm, The Prisoner + introduction with David Valentine and Jude Montague in Hastings
• Next Thursday, 12th June, 11:00 am, Architecture mini season: The Brutalist at the Electric Palace in Hastings

Also check out other Arts events in Hastings, Entertainment events in Hastings.