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Koyaanisqatsi (1983)

Koyaanisqatsi (1983)

Music Documentary

Life out of balance

Release Date: 1983, April 27
Directors: Godfrey Reggio
Countries: United States of America
Production: IRE Productions, IRE Productions, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education, American Zoetrope, American Zoetrope
Cast: Dick Cavett, Ed Asner, Peter Sellers, Marilyn Chambers, Sammy Davis Jr., Lou Dobbs, Johnny Carson, Pat Benatar, Linda Ellerbee, Thomas Dolby

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

human vs nature independent film social commentary nature technology rural area no dialogue civilization lost civilization environmental disaster man vs nature nature documentary environmental collapse observational documentary environment environmental destruction environmental documentary observational cinema poetic documentary environmental catastrophe human in nature nature run amok environmentally-themed dying civilization