Koyaanisqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi

86 mins | Documentary | April 27, 1983

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.

Koyaanisqatsi

86 mins | Documentary | April 27, 1983

Koyaanisqatsi
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.
IMDb rating 8.2
Producers American Zoetrope, IRE Productions, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education
Original title Koyaanisqatsi
Directors Godfrey Reggio
Writers Leopold Kohr, Guy Debord, David Monongye, Ivan Illich, Jacques Ellul, Alton Walpole, Michael Hoenig, Godfrey Reggio, Ron Fricke

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