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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.
Language
Budget$600,000
Revenue $3,200,000
No Language
Budget$600,000
Revenue $3,200,000
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
Crews
Godfrey Reggio
Director
Godfrey Reggio
Producer
Ron Fricke
Editor
Francis Ford Coppola
Executive Producer
Ron Fricke
Screenplay
Philip Glass
Original Music Composer
Ron Fricke
Director of Photography
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Burritt
Negative Cutter
Lawrence Taub
Associate Producer
Louie Schwartzberg
Additional Photography
Robert Hill
Assistant Camera
Ivan Illich
Idea
Alton Walpole
Associate Producer
Wayne V. McGee
Still Photographer
T. Michael Powers
Associate Producer
Karl Kernberger
Still Photographer
Guy Debord
Idea
Roger McNew
Associate Producer
Dean Alatzas
Grip
David Brownlow
Assistant Camera
Robert Palmer
Grip
Roy Hememnez
Grip
Neil Bockman
Assistant Camera
Mark Muich
Grip
Mel Lawrence
Associate Producer
Jacques Ellul
Idea
Phillip Harrington
Still Photographer
Roger McNew
Assistant Camera
Leopold Kohr
Idea
Hillary Harris
Additional Photography
Christine Gibson
Additional Photography
David Monongye
Idea
Michael Hoenig
Screenplay
Alton Walpole
Editor
Godfrey Reggio
Screenplay
Randy Thom
Sound Effects
Alton Walpole
Screenplay
Philip Glass
Music
Paul Pascarella
Title Designer
Backdrops & Posters
