Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
"Life out of balance"
ThumbScore
👍 79%audience score
Critics Score
🎬 82%
(RT: 91%, MC: 72) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Pat Benatar as Self
Johnny Carson as Self (archive footage)
Dick Cavett as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Chambers as Self (archive footage)
Lou Dobbs as Self (archive footage)
Linda Ellerbee as Self (archive footage)
Is Koyaanisqatsi good?
Most people think so. 79% audience score, estimated from 760 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 82%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
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. Wikipedia ↗
