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Koyaanisqatsi (1983)

Name: Koyaanisqatsi
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1983
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Dick Cavett, Ed Asner, Johnny Carson, Linda Ellerbee, Lou Dobbs

★ 7.9 · 767 ratings on TMDB

Life out of balance

★ 7.9

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.

DirectorGodfrey Reggio

CastDick Cavett, Ed Asner, Johnny Carson, Linda Ellerbee, Lou Dobbs, Marilyn Chambers

GenresDocumentary, Music

The emergence reading

Koyaanisqatsi keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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