Overview - Koyaanisqatsi

Date of release

Genres

  • Documentary
  • Music

Runtime: 86 minutes

Homepage: Koyaanisqatsi

Budget

$600,000.00

Revenue

$3,200,000.00

Spoken Languages

  • No Language

Production companies

  • Name: IRE Productions

    Production country

  • Name: Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education

    Production country

  • Name: American Zoetrope

    Production country United States of America

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.

Cast