Koyaanisqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi (English pronunciation: /koʊjɑːnɪsˈkɑːtsiː/) also known as Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance, is a 1982 film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke. The film consists primarily of slow motion and time-lapse footage of cities and many natural landscapes across the United States. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the ju... More
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Initial release date:

  • 1983

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 1 h 27 min

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Also known as:

  • Koyaanisqatsi,
  • Koyaanisqatsi (Concerto For Film and Orchestra),
  • Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance

Film

Directed by

Godfrey Reggio

Godfrey Reggio (born March 29, 1940) is an American director of experimental documentary films. Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Reggio co-founded La Clinica de la Gente, a facility that provided medical care to 12,000 community members in Santa Fe, and La Gente, a community-organizing...

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Tagline:

  • Until now, you've never really seen the world you live in.
  • koy.aa.nis.qat.si (Hopi) [n] 1. crazy life 2. life out of balance 3. life disintegrating 4. life in turmoil 5. a way of life that calls for another way of living.
  • Life out of balance

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  • 1983
  • Sep 17, 2002
  • Jan 25, 2000
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Runtime:

  • 1 h 27 min
  • 1 h 26 min
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  • 2,500,000

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  • 2000
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