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.| Status: | Released (1983-04-27) |
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| Awards: | 6 wins & 1 nomination |
| BoxOffice: | $1,723,872 |
| Screen: | Godfrey Reggio, Ron Fricke, Michael Hoenig |
| Productions: | IRE Productions, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education, American Zoetrope |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | No Language |
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- 68993: Godfrey Reggio - Director - Directing
- 68993: Godfrey Reggio - Producer - Production
- 68994: Ron Fricke - Editor - Editing
- 1776: Francis Ford Coppola - Executive Producer - Production
- 68994: Ron Fricke - Screenplay - Writing
- 1551: Philip Glass - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 68994: Ron Fricke - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
Peter McGinn
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This is an art film of sorts, eschewing dialogue or narration or a recognizable plot for a visual and musical banquet of images and scenes. So if you are into art films (or want to appear like you are), this is the film for you. The photographic techniques remind me of nature film ....
Continue reading ->Filipe Manuel Neto
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**For the general public, this film is uninteresting. However, it will have merits if displayed within the most correct context.** I've heard of this film as a documentary, but I honestly don't know if Godfrey Reggio really wanted to document anything. This was the director's debu ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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In the Hopi language, this means a mess or a melée and that’s a pretty good description of this ultimate in observational documentaries. It starts and finishes showing us some of the most stunning and striking natural phenomena from the North American continent before gradually dippi ....
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