Koyaanisqatsi

Overview

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.

Trailer

Cast

Ed Asner
Ed Asner
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
Self - On TV (archive footage, uncredited)
Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick Cavett
Dick Cavett
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn Chambers
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thomas Dolby
Thomas Dolby
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Linda Ellerbee
Linda Ellerbee
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerry Falwell
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mark J. Goodman
Mark J. Goodman
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)

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