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Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
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27 October 1983 (Australia)
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October 4, 1982. More than 5,000 people filled the sold out Radio City Music Hall to experience a remarkable film event. That event was the world premiere of KOYAANISQATSI. Now everyone can share the power of that experience. more
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A movie with no conventional plot: merely a collection of expertly photographed scenes. Subject matter has a highly environmental theme. full summary | add synopsis
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Environment
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Cloud
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Awards:
5 wins
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1 nomination
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(5 articles)
Documentaries of bliss
(From The Guardian - Film News. 19 November 2009, 3:00 PM, PST)
Myles of Footage: Baraka
(From SoundOnSight. 4 June 2009, 1:46 PM, PDT)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 19 November 2009, 3:00 PM, PST)
Myles of Footage: Baraka
(From SoundOnSight. 4 June 2009, 1:46 PM, PDT)
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An Interiorized Film
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Cast
(Cast) | Ted Koppel | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance (USA) (poster title)
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86 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:G (video rating) |
UK:U |
Finland:S |
Sweden:7 |
USA:Unrated |
Germany:6 |
Australia:G |
Singapore:PG
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The rights to the video and DVD release were complicated. As the film was "presented by" Francis Ford Coppola, the original rights were owned by American Zoetrope. When that company went bankrupt, it was bought up by PolyGram. When it went bankrupt, the rights were snapped up by MGM.
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Crew or equipment visible: About an hour into the movie, the camera operator is reflected in the elevator's glass window as the elevator passes "between" floors while shooting the escalators.
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Referenced in Silicon Valley Timelapse (2008)
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This film communicates to you from the realm beyond words. If you want to muck up the purity of the experience by letting the infernal adjective machine stamp out labels and reactive prose poems through its 80 some minutes and afterward, you may not have been the ideal candidate to see this film. It begins with Russian Orthodox style basso profundo voices enunciating the title over images of petroglyphs, and then begins its journey: From the places beyond things, rock and sky, to the things we have girded ourselves in, cities. It is a wordless, feeling thing.
Ten stars. Pity it wasn't an IMAX.