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Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
Directed by Godfrey Reggio
“Life out of balance”
Documentary, Music · 1h 26m
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.
Cast
Ed Asner
Self (archive footage)
Pat Benatar
Self
Johnny Carson
Self (archive footage)
Dick Cavett
Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Chambers
Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Lou Dobbs
Self (archive footage)
Linda Ellerbee
Self (archive footage)
Peter Sellers
Self (archive footage)
Thomas Dolby
Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Director
- Godfrey Reggio
- Screenplay
- Ron Fricke, Godfrey Reggio, Michael Hoenig, Alton Walpole
- Director of Photography
- Ron Fricke
- Original Music Composer
- Philip Glass
- Editor
- Ron Fricke, Alton Walpole
- Producer
- Godfrey Reggio
Details
- Release date
- 1983-04-27
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- IRE Productions, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education, American Zoetrope
- Budget
- $600,000
- Box office
- $3,200,000