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.
DirectorGodfrey Reggio
ProducersGodfrey Reggio
ScreenplayRon Fricke, Michael Hoenig, Godfrey Reggio, Alton Walpole
Top Casts
Ed Asner
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pat Benatar
Self (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
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Details
LanguageNo Language
Production companiesIRE Productions, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education, American Zoetrope
Budget600000
Homepagehttps://www.koyaanisqatsi.org/
TaglineLife out of balance
