Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.
Title | Koyaanisqatsi |
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Year | 1983 |
Genre | Documentary, Drama |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | IRE Productions, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education, American Zoetrope |
Cast | Ed Asner, Pat Benatar, Jerry Brown, Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett, Marilyn Chambers |
Crew | Godfrey Reggio (Director), Godfrey Reggio (Producer), Ron Fricke (Editor), Francis Ford Coppola (Executive Producer), Ron Fricke (Screenplay), Philip Glass (Original Music Composer) |
Keyword | human vs nature, technology, civilization, social commentary, rural area, nature run amok, nature, environment, environmental destruction, lost civilization, observational cinema, environmental disaster, nature documentary, man vs nature, environmental catastrophe, observational documentary, poetic documentary, environmental documentary, human in nature, independent film, no dialogue, dying civilization, environmental collapse, environmentally-themed |
Release | Apr 27, 1983 |
Runtime | 86 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.90 / 10 by 683 users |