Koyaanisqatsi
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Summary
Koyaanisqatsi is a film[1]. Koyaanisqatsi ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,045 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Godfrey Reggio[3]
- Screenwriter: Ron Fricke[4], Michael Hoenig[5], Godfrey Reggio[6], Alton Walpole[7]
- Composer: Philip Glass[8]
- Genre: documentary film[9]
- Producer: Godfrey Reggio[10]
- Performer: Philip Glass[11]
- Part of the series: Qatsi trilogy[12]
- Director of photography: Ron Fricke[13]
- Part of: National Film Registry[14]
- Commons category: Koyaanisqatsi[15]
- Distribution format: digital download[16], video on demand[17]
- Review score: 8/10[18], 91%[19]
- Color: color[20]
- Country of origin: United States[21]
- Publication date: January 1, 1982[22], November 11, 1983[23]
- Distributed by: iTunes[24]
- Official website: http://www.qatsi.org[25], http://www.koyaanisqatsi.org/films/koyaanisqatsi.php[26]
- Filming location: United States[27]
- Film editor: Ron Fricke[28]
- Motto text: Until now, you've never really seen the world you live in.[29]
- Title: Koyaanisqatsi[30]
- Has characteristic: time-lapse[31]
- FSK film rating: FSK 6[32]
- Duration: 87[33], 85[34]
- Fabrication method: time-lapse[35]
Product Details
The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.
MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia
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Release type: Album[36]
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Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[37]
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First release date: 1983[38]
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Genre(s): ambient, classical, contemporary classical, electronic, minimalism, modern classical[39]
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Community tags: ambient, classical, classical music, contemporary, contemporary classical, electronic, minimal, minimal music, minimalism, minimalist, modern classical, soundtrack, stage & screen[40]
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MusicBrainz ID: e5b96d62-1414-337b-b0c3-28a6c5d5b65a[41]
Why It Matters
Koyaanisqatsi has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Koyaanisqatsi is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]