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Koyaanisqatsi

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Koyaanisqatsi is a 1982 American experimental documentary film directed by Godfrey Reggio, with cinematography by Ron Fricke and an original score by Philip Glass, released with backing from Francis Ford Coppola. The film has no dialogue, narration or conventional plot, instead juxtaposing slow motion and time lapse footage of natural landscapes against images of urbanization, industry and fast paced modern life. Its title is a Hopi word meaning life out of balance, and the film became the first installment of Reggio's Qatsi trilogy, widely cited as a landmark of nonnarrative documentary filmmaking and an influential model for later visual essay style films.

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1982 1
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United States 1
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English 1
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    Koyaanisqatsi is a 1982 American non-narrative documentary film directed and produced by Godfrey Reggio, featuring music by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke.
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    Koyaanisqatsi is a 1982 American non-narrative documentary film directed and produced by Godfrey Reggio, featuring music by Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke.
  • Koyaanisqatsi, Description, original language
    Koyaanisqatsi is a 1982 American experimental documentary film directed by Godfrey Reggio, with cinematography by Ron Fricke and an original score by Philip Glass, released with backing from Francis Ford Coppola.
  • In Medium: Film, Article lead sentence
    Koyaanisqatsi is a 1982 American non-narrative documentary film directed and produced by Godfrey Reggio, featuring music by Philip Glass, cinematography by Ron Fricke and presented by filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.
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