Koyaanisqatsi Poster

Koyaanisqatsi

Life out of balance

NR Documentary Music

Starring: Ed Asner, Pat Benatar, Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett, Marilyn Chambers

Writer: Ron Fricke, Ivan Illich, Guy Debord, Jacques Ellul, Leopold Kohr

Release Date:
April 27, 1983
Ratings:
7.9 / 10
Director:
Godfrey Reggio
Companies:
IRE Productions

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.