Koyaanisqatsi is a thought-provoking and visually stunning documentary that explores the disarray and imbalance of modern life. The film takes us on a journey across America, contrasting the beauty of nature with the harsh realities of technology and urbanization. Through a series of powerful images and a haunting score by Philip Glass, the film challenges our perceptions of life and the world around us. Without dialogue or narration, Koyaanisqatsi relies on its visual tone poem to set a tone that is both mesmerizing and unsettling, inviting us to reflect on our relationship with the earth and our place in the universe.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Koyaanisqatsi include Koko: A Talking Gorilla, Harlan County U.S.A., Connections with James Burke, The Hollywood Collection: Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend, Battle for Dien Bien Phu, Antonio Gaudí.

Koyaanisqatsi was released in theaters on April 27, 1983.