Koyaanisqatsi poster

Koyaanisqatsi( 1983)

TV-MADocumentaryDrama
79%
User
Score

Life out of balance

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Ed Asner

      Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Pat Benatar

      Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Jerry Brown

      Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Johnny Carson

      Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Dick Cavett

      Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Marilyn Chambers

      Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Sammy Davis Jr.

      Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Lou Dobbs

      Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Thomas Dolby

      Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Linda Ellerbee

      Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Jerry Falwell

      Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Mark J. Goodman

      Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Ted Koppel

      Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Peter Sellers

      Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

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      Bill Tush

      Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

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    Review 2Discussion

    A review by Peter McGinn

    5
    Written by Peter McGinn on Sun Sep 20 2020
    This is an art film of sorts, eschewing dialogue or narration or a recognizable plot for a visual and musical banquet of images and scenes. So if you are into art films (or want to appear like you are), this is the film for you. The photographic techniques remind me of nature films, which may not be a coincidence since the subject matter seems to Focus on what is seen as being against nature. So it is all here: explosions and collapsing of buildings, a bridge, about five times, even what looked like a nuclear blast; then time lapse photography of city and highway traffic and masses of peopl...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    600000.00

    Revenue

    3200000.00

    Keywords

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