Koyaanisqatsi

Name: Koyaanisqatsi
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1983-04-27
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 7.882
Cast: Ed Asner, Pat Benatar, Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett, Marilyn Chambers

“Life out of balance”

7.9(807)NR19831h 26mEN

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Directed by Godfrey Reggio

Part of the Qatsi Collection

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.

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human vs naturetechnologycivilizationsocial commentaryrural areanature run amoknatureenvironmentenvironmental destructionlost civilizationobservational cinemaenvironmental disaster

Budget $600.0KBox office $3.2M