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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
Casts
Ed Asner
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pat Benatar
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerry Brown
Self - On TV (archive footage, uncredited)
Johnny Carson
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick Cavett
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn Chambers
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lou Dobbs
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thomas Dolby
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Linda Ellerbee
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jerry Falwell
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mark J. Goodman
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ted Koppel
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peter Sellers
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Tush
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crews
Godfrey Reggio
Director
Ron Fricke
Director of Photography
Ron Fricke
Editor
Philip Glass
Original Music Composer
Ron Fricke
Screenplay
Godfrey Reggio
Producer
Francis Ford Coppola
Executive Producer
Gary Burritt
Negative Cutter
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jacques Ellul
Idea
Ivan Illich
Idea
David Monongye
Idea
Guy Debord
Idea
Leopold Kohr
Idea
Mel Lawrence
Associate Producer
Roger McNew
Associate Producer
T. Michael Powers
Associate Producer
Lawrence Taub
Associate Producer
Alton Walpole
Associate Producer
Dean Alatzas
Grip
Neil Bockman
Assistant Camera
David Brownlow
Assistant Camera
Phillip Harrington
Still Photographer
Hillary Harris
Additional Photography
Roy Hememnez
Grip
Robert Hill
Assistant Camera
Karl Kernberger
Still Photographer
Wayne V. McGee
Still Photographer
Roger McNew
Assistant Camera
Mark Muich
Grip
Robert Palmer
Grip
Louie Schwartzberg
Additional Photography
Christine Gibson
Additional Photography
Godfrey Reggio
Screenplay
Michael Hoenig
Screenplay
Alton Walpole
Screenplay
Alton Walpole
Editor
Randy Thom
Sound Effects
Philip Glass
Music
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