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Overview

User Rating:
8.1/10   11,507 votes
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Director:
Godfrey Reggio
Writers:
Ron Fricke (writer)
Michael Hoenig (writer)
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Release Date:
27 October 1983 (Australia) more
Tagline:
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
Plot:
A movie with no conventional plot: merely a collection of expertly photographed scenes. Subject matter has a highly environmental theme. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Myles of Footage: Baraka
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User Comments:
An Interiorized Film more (156 total)

Cast

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Ted Koppel ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance (USA) (poster title)
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
None
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Chicago, Illinois, USA more

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Trivia:
Godfrey Reggio did a series of short films for the Institute of Regional Education, consisting of a stream of images to the theme of the invasion of privacy. It was here that Reggio met cinematographer 'Ron Fricke'. An attempt to bring these films to national attention failed, thus the next logical step was to create a feature film - "Koyaanisqatsi". more
Goofs:
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. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Wanderlust (2006) (TV) more

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24 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
An Interiorized Film, 15 November 2001
Author: tostinati from United States

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.

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