Koyaanisqatsi (1983)

Synopsis

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 Asner as Self (archive footage)
• Pat Benatar as Self
• Johnny Carson as Self (archive footage)
• Dick Cavett as Self (archive footage)
• Marilyn Chambers as Self (archive footage)
• Sammy Davis Jr. as Self (archive footage)
• Lou Dobbs as Self (archive footage)
• Linda Ellerbee as Self (archive footage)
• Peter Sellers as Self (archive footage)
• Thomas Dolby as Self (archive footage)

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