Koyaanisqatsi
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Date: January 01, 1982 to December 31, 1982
Dates Note: 1982
Country of Origin:
United States
Place of Origin: United States
Languages:
No dialogue
Color: Color
Silent: No
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Curator Notes
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Francis Ford Coppola and 50 Years of American Zoetrope Description:
Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi (a Hopi word for “life out of balance”) is one of the most successful avant-garde films of all time, a spectacular montage of images of American landscapes, industrial sites, cities, and people propelled by Philip Glass’s classic score. Without dialogue, viewers are free to glean their own impressions. American Zoetrope aided the completion of Koyaanisqatsi by providing editing facilities and support from Apocalypse Now editor Dennis Jakob, and the film was distributed under the auspices of Francis Ford Coppola Presents.
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