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.
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Stars:
Crew: Philip Glass (Original Music Composer), Ron Fricke (Editor), Ron Fricke (Director of Photography), Godfrey Reggio (Producer), Ron Fricke (Screenplay), Francis Ford Coppola (Executive Producer)
Country: United States of America
Language: No Language
Studio: IRE Productions, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education, American Zoetrope
Runtime: 86 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 27, 1983
IMDb: 3.1
Keywords:human vs nature, technology, civilization, social commentary, rural area, nature run amok, nature, environment, environmental destruction, lost civilization, observational cinema, environmental disaster, nature documentary, man vs nature, environmental catastrophe, observational documentary, poetic documentary, environmental documentary, human in nature, independent film, no dialogue, dying civilization, environmental collapse, environmentally-themed