Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
Der Film beginnt mit Aufnahmen von Wandmalereien und einem brennenden Gegenstand, der aber nicht zu erkennen ist. Danach beginnt die Reise von der unberührten Natur in die Hektik der modernen Grossstadt. Durch New York, Los Angeles und San Francisco hasten die Menschen, strömen die Blechlawinen, und darüber türmen sich die Gebäude. Impressionen von zerfallenen Wohnsilos folgen, Gebäude stürzen ein, alles untermalt von der betörenden und minimalistischen Musik von Philip Glass.
Der Regisseur:
Godfrey Reggio
Die Autor:
Ron Fricke, Godfrey Reggio, Michael Hoenig, Alton Walpole.
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Ed Asner as Self (archive footage) |
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Pat Benatar as Self |
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Johnny Carson as Self (archive footage) |
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Dick Cavett as Self (archive footage) |
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Marilyn Chambers as Self (archive footage) |
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Sammy Davis Jr. as Self (archive footage) |
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Lou Dobbs as Self (archive footage) |
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Linda Ellerbee as Self (archive footage) |
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Peter Sellers as Self (archive footage) |
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Thomas Dolby as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Godfrey Reggio | Director |
| Camera | Ron Fricke | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ron Fricke | Editor |
| Sound | Philip Glass | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Ron Fricke | Screenplay |
| Production | Godfrey Reggio | Producer |
| Production | Francis Ford Coppola | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Gary Burritt | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Writing | Jacques Ellul | Idea |
| Writing | Ivan Illich | Idea |
| Writing | David Monongye | Idea |
| Writing | Guy Debord | Idea |
| Writing | Leopold Kohr | Idea |
| Production | Mel Lawrence | Associate Producer |
| Production | Roger McNew | Associate Producer |
| Production | T. Michael Powers | Associate Producer |
| Production | Lawrence Taub | Associate Producer |
| Production | Alton Walpole | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Dean Alatzas | Grip |
| Camera | Neil Bockman | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | David Brownlow | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Phillip Harrington | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Hillary Harris | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Roy Hememnez | Grip |
| Camera | Robert Hill | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Karl Kernberger | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Wayne V. McGee | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Roger McNew | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Mark Muich | Grip |
| Camera | Robert Palmer | Grip |
| Camera | Louie Schwartzberg | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Christine Gibson | Additional Photography |
| Writing | Godfrey Reggio | Screenplay |
| Writing | Michael Hoenig | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alton Walpole | Screenplay |
| Editing | Alton Walpole | Editor |
| Sound | Randy Thom | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Philip Glass | Music |
| Art | Paul Pascarella | Title Designer |