Koyaanisqatsi

Life out of balance

Apr 27, 1983 1h 26m

7.9

682 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title	Koyaanisqatsi
Companies	IRE Productions, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education, American Zoetrope
Countries	United States of America
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