Apr 27, 1983
86 min
Full-HD

Koyaanisqatsi (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.

Category

Documentary Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

IRE Productions Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education American Zoetrope

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)

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