Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
Realizado entre los años 1975 y 1982, "Koyaanisqatsi" -primera parte de lo que sería luego una trilogía formada por Koyaanisqatsi (1982), Powaqqatsi (1988) y Naqoyqatsi (2002)- es un singular documental que refleja la colisión entre dos mundos obligados a convivir: por un lado la vida de los hombres en la sociedad moderna, la vida urbana y occidental, llena de tecnología, ciencia y consumismo. Por otro la naturaleza y el medio ambiente del planeta Tierra. Sin voz humana, tan sólo con el poder de las imágenes y la banda sonora minimalista de Philip Glass, Godfrey Reggio presentó este documental ante 5000 personas el 4 de Octubre de 1982 en el Radio City Hall de Nueva York, convirtiéndose al instante en un documental de culto.
Directora:
Godfrey Reggio
Escritores:
Ron Fricke, Michael Hoenig, Alton Walpole, Godfrey Reggio.
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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) |
| Sound | Philip Glass | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Ron Fricke | Editor |
| Camera | Ron Fricke | Director of Photography |
| Production | Godfrey Reggio | Producer |
| Writing | Ron Fricke | Screenplay |
| Production | Francis Ford Coppola | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Godfrey Reggio | Director |
| Editing | Gary Burritt | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Robert Palmer | Grip |
| Writing | Guy Debord | Idea |
| Production | Mel Lawrence | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Neil Bockman | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Christine Gibson | Additional Photography |
| Production | Roger McNew | Associate Producer |
| Production | Lawrence Taub | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Leopold Kohr | Idea |
| Writing | Jacques Ellul | Idea |
| Writing | David Monongye | Idea |
| Production | Alton Walpole | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Hillary Harris | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Wayne V. McGee | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Roy Hememnez | Grip |
| Camera | Roger McNew | Assistant Camera |
| Production | T. Michael Powers | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Mark Muich | Grip |
| Camera | Louie Schwartzberg | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Phillip Harrington | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Karl Kernberger | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Dean Alatzas | Grip |
| Camera | Robert Hill | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | David Brownlow | Assistant Camera |
| Writing | Ivan Illich | Idea |
| Sound | Randy Thom | Sound Effects |
| Writing | Michael Hoenig | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alton Walpole | Screenplay |
| Writing | Godfrey Reggio | Screenplay |
| Editing | Alton Walpole | Editor |
| Sound | Philip Glass | Music |
| Art | Paul Pascarella | Title Designer |