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Koyaanisqatsi
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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who appreciate dialogue-free visual essays, hypnotic minimalist music, and contemplative criticism of modern technological life.
- Tone
- contemplative, eerie, bleak
- Payoff
- wonder, reflection
- Pacing
- meditative
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- episodic
- Themes
- civilization, technology, environmental collapse, human alienation, industrial power
- Setting
- contemporary, American landscapes and technological megacities
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