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Koyaanisqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi

7.9/ 10

TMDB Rating

765

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1983

Release Year

86 min

Runtime

Documentary
Music

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.

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

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Reviews(3)

4.3avg rating
Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

@narrator56

September 20, 2020

5
5/10

This is an art film of sorts, eschewing dialogue or narration or a recognizable plot for a visual and musical banquet of images and scenes. So if you are into art films (or want to appear like you are), this is the film for you. The photographic techniques remind me of nature films, which may not

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Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

October 6, 2023

1
1/10

**For the general public, this film is uninteresting. However, it will have merits if displayed within the most correct context.** I've heard of this film as a documentary, but I honestly don't know if Godfrey Reggio really wanted to document anything. This was the director's debut, and for a fir

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

February 6, 2025

7
7/10

In the Hopi language, this means a mess or a melée and that’s a pretty good description of this ultimate in observational documentaries. It starts and finishes showing us some of the most stunning and striking natural phenomena from the North American continent before gradually dipping its toe into

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