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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983
Koyaanisqatsi is a Hopi Indian word meaning variously: crazy life, life in turmoil, life disintegrating, life out of balance (the subtitle for this film), and a state of life that calls for another way of life. This film presents a concert of visual images set to the music of Philip Glass that progresses from purely natural environments to nature as affected by man, and finally to man's own manmade environment that is devoid of nature
Special features include a new interview with the director and composer and the original theatrical trailers for the Qatsi triology
Music written by Philip Glass, directed by Michael Hoenig, conducted by Michael Riesman ; cinematography, Ron Fricke ; editors, Alton Walpole, Ron Fricke
MPAA: not rated. Canadian Home Video rating: G
DVD; Dolby digital; 5.1 surround sound