Koyaanisqatsi
By: Francis Ford Coppola presents ; an IRE presentation ; produced & directed by Godfrey Reggio ; scenario, Ron Fricke, Godfrey Regio, Michael Hoenig, Alton Walpole
Contributors: Glass, Philip, composer; Fricke Ron, cinematographer, film editor; Munkacsi, Kurt; Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997, performer; Institute for Regional Education (Albuquerque, N.M.); Criterion Collection (Firm)
Edition: Director-approved Blu-ray special ed.
Series: The Criterion collection -- 639, 640; Criterion collection -- 639.; Criterion collection -- 640.
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9781604656725; 9781604656701
Subjects: Social conditions; Human ecology; Technology and civilization; Modern Civilization
Other titles: Life out of balance; Koyaanisqatsi (Motion picture); Qatsi trilogy. Koyaanisqatsi.; Essence of life.
Description: This first work of The Qatsi Trilogy wordlessly surveys the rapidly changing environments of the Northern hemisphere, in an astonishing collage created by the director, cinematographer Ron Fricke, and composer Philip Glass. It shuttles viewers from one jaw-dropping vision to the next, moving from images of untouched nature to others depicting human beings' increasing dependence on technology.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1983.

Issued as part of 3-disc box set (The Qatsi trilogy) with: Powaqqatsi; Naqoyqatsi.

Special features: New, restored digital transfer, approved by director Godfrey Reggio; Essence of life, an interview program with Reggio and composer Philip Glass on "Koyaanisqatsi"; new interview with cinematographer Ron Fricke; television spots and a new interview with Reggio relating to his 1970s multimedia privacy campaign in New Mexico; early demo version of "Koyaanisqatsi" with a partial scratch soundtrack feathuring poet Allen Ginsberg, along with a new introduction by Reggio; new interview with Reggio about the film's original visual concept, with behind-the-scenes footage; trailer.

Director of photography, Ron Fricke ; editors, Alton Walpole, Ron Fricke ; music, Philip Glass.

Director of photography, Ron Fricke ; editor, Alton Walpole, Ron Fricke ; music, Philip Glass ; conductor, Michael Riesman ; Philip Glass music produced & recorded by Kurt Munkacsi.

MPAA rating: PG; for violent and disturbing images and for brief nudity.

Blu-ray Disc, region A, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio; requires Blu-ray player.