Watch NowKoyaanisqatsi (1983)
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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.
- Godfrey ReggioDirector, Screenplay
- Ron FrickeScreenplay
- Michael HoenigScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$600,000
Revenue
$3,200,000
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
Top Billed Cast
Ed Asner
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pat Benatar
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerry Brown
Self - On TV (archive footage, uncredited)
Johnny Carson
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick Cavett
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn Chambers
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lou Dobbs
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thomas Dolby
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Linda Ellerbee
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
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