Koyaanisqatsi (1983)

Movie Details

Original Title Koyaanisqatsi

Original Language EN

Budget $600,000

Revenue $3,200,000

Status Released

Popularity 1.0

Key Crew

Editor Ron Fricke, Alton Walpole

Producer Godfrey Reggio

Screenplay Ron Fricke, Michael Hoenig, Alton Walpole

Executive Producer Francis Ford Coppola

Director Godfrey Reggio

Music Philip Glass

Production

IRE Productions

Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education

American Zoetrope

Videos & Trailers

Koyaanisqatsi (1982) 35mm film trailer, flat open matte, 2160p

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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

Reviews from TMDB

Peter McGinn 5/10

Sep 20, 2020

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 ... Read more

Filipe Manuel Neto 1/10

Oct 6, 2023

**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 ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Feb 6, 2025

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 in ... Read more