Koyaanisqatsi

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.

Released	27 Apr 1983
Genres	Documentary
Runtime	1 hour, 26 minutes
Countries	United States of America

Liked by directors

An incredible document of how man’s greatest endeavors have unsettling consequences. Art, not propaganda, emotional, not didactic; it doesn’t tell you what to think — it tells you what to think about.

Christopher Nolan

Source: Criterion ↗