Movie·1983·86 min

Koyaanisqatsi

Name: Koyaanisqatsi
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1983-04-27
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Ed Asner, Pat Benatar, Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett, Marilyn Chambers

Koyaanisqatsi streams in the US on Kanopy, and free with ads on Pluto TV, YouTube Free and Tubi TV, as of October 6, 2026.

Life out of balance

7.9 / 10 · TMDBMetacritic 72IMDb 8.2Letterboxd 4.3

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Documentary Music

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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