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Overview
Release Date:
11 November 1983 (West Germany) moreTagline:
October 4, 1982. More than 5,000 people filled the sold out Radio City Music Hall to experience a remarkable film event. That event was the world premiere of KOYAANISQATSI. Now everyone can share the power of that experience. morePlot:
A movie with no conventional plot: merely a collection of expertly photographed scenes. Subject matter has a highly environmental theme. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
5 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
An Interiorized Film moreCast
(Cast) | Ted Koppel | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
86 minCountry:
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NoneColour:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Australia:PG (TV rating) | UK:U | Canada:G (video rating) | Finland:S | Sweden:7 | USA:Unrated | Germany:6 | Australia:G | Singapore:PGMOVIEmeter: 
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There's an inherent homage to Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. There's a similar long highway shot used in his film Solyaris (1972). moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: About an hour into the movie, the camera operator is reflected in the elevator's glass window as the elevator passes "between" floors while shooting the escalators. moreFAQ
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This film communicates to you from the realm beyond words. If you want to muck up the purity of the experience by letting the infernal adjective machine stamp out labels and reactive prose poems through its 80 some minutes and afterward, you may not have been the ideal candidate to see this film. It begins with Russian Orthodox style basso profundo voices enunciating the title over images of petroglyphs, and then begins its journey: From the places beyond things, rock and sky, to the things we have girded ourselves in, cities. It is a wordless, feeling thing.
Ten stars. Pity it wasn't an IMAX.