Koyaanisqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi

1983
1h 26m
7.9

7.9/10

765 votes • View on IMDb

"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.

Status: Released

Budget: $600,000

Revenue: $3,200,000

Language: EN

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Cast

Ed Asner
Ed Asner

Self (archive footage)

Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar

Self

Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson

Self (archive footage)

Dick Cavett
Dick Cavett

Self (archive footage)

Marilyn Chambers
Marilyn Chambers

Self (archive footage)

Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs

Self (archive footage)

Linda Ellerbee
Linda Ellerbee

Self (archive footage)

Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers

Self (archive footage)

Thomas Dolby
Thomas Dolby

Self (archive footage)

Key Crew

Godfrey Reggio
Director
Godfrey Reggio
Producer
Francis Ford Coppola
Executive Producer
Ron Fricke
Screenplay
Michael Hoenig
Screenplay
Godfrey Reggio
Screenplay
Alton Walpole
Screenplay