Life out of balance
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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Character
Prestige, earnest, epic and grave.
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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“Would Koyaanisqatsi hit harder if it came out today rather than in 1983?”
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Cast
- Ed AsnerSelf (archive footage)
- Pat BenatarSelf
- Johnny CarsonSelf (archive footage)
- Dick CavettSelf (archive footage)
- Marilyn ChambersSelf (archive footage)
- Sammy Davis Jr.Self (archive footage)
- Lou DobbsSelf (archive footage)
- Linda EllerbeeSelf (archive footage)
- Peter SellersSelf (archive footage)
- Thomas DolbySelf (archive footage)
Crew
- Godfrey ReggioDirector
- Ron FrickeScreenplay
- Michael HoenigScreenplay
- Alton WalpoleScreenplay
- Ron FrickeDirector of Photography
- Philip GlassOriginal Music Composer
- Ron FrickeEditor
- Alton WalpoleEditor
- Godfrey ReggioProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Last and First Men 202062% alikeBoth earnest, prestige, grave; this one is more richly built.
The Fountain 200662% alikeBoth earnest, grave, prestige.
The Tree of Life 201159% alikeBoth prestige, earnest, grave; this one is more nostalgic.
In the Blink of an Eye 202658% alikeBoth earnest, grave, epic.- Kid A 200063% alikeAlbum · Both character-led, grave, earnest; this one is more intimate.
- To Pimp a Butterfly 201553% alikeAlbum · Both earnest, character-led, grave.
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