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Life out of balance - Koyaanisqatsi
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Title: Koyaanisqatsi

Release Date: 27 Apr 1983

Runtime: 1h 26m

Genre: Documentary, Drama

Director: IRE Productions, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education, American Zoetrope

Production Companies: IRE Productions, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education, American Zoetrope

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.9 (687 votes)

Cast

  • Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited): Ed Asner
  • Self (archive footage) (uncredited): Pat Benatar
  • Self - On TV (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): Thomas Dolby
  • Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited): Linda Ellerbee
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