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Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
Life out of balance
86 minNot RatedDocumentaryMusic
TMDb7.9/10777 votes
IMDb8.2/1044,387 votes
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Metacritic72/100
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.
Country: United States
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Awards: 6 wins & 1 nomination total
Box office: $1,723,872
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)
Keywords
Plot:human vs naturetechnologycivilizationsocial commentaryrural areanature run amoknatureenvironmentenvironmental destructionlost civilizationobservational cinemaenvironmental disasternature documentaryman vs natureenvironmental catastropheobservational documentarypoetic documentaryenvironmental documentaryhuman in natureindependent filmno dialoguedying civilizationenvironmental collapseenvironmentally-themed
