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Koyaanisqatsi

Name: Koyaanisqatsi
Director: Godfrey Reggio
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1983-04-27
Cast: Ed Asner, Pat Benatar, Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett, Marilyn Chambers

DocumentaryMusic

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.

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Cast

Ed AsnerPat BenatarJohnny CarsonDick CavettMarilyn ChambersSammy Davis Jr.Lou DobbsLinda EllerbeePeter SellersThomas Dolby

Director

Godfrey Reggio

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