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A series of three films produced by Godfrey Reggio and scored by Philip Glass. The titles of all three films are words from the language of the Hopi people, in which the word "qatsi" means "life".

  • Number of Movies: 3
  • Revenue: $3,802,000

Featured Cast

  1. Marlon Brando

    Marlon Brando

    Self (archive footage)

  2. Elton John

    Elton John

    Self (archive footage)

  3. Julia Louis-Dreyfus

    Julia Louis-Dreyfus

    Self (archive footage)

  4. Adolf Hitler

    Adolf Hitler

    Self (archive footage)

  5. Bill Clinton

    Bill Clinton

    Self (archive footage)

  6. Fidel Castro

    Fidel Castro

    Self (archive footage)

  7. Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    Self (archive footage)

  8. Ronald Reagan

    Ronald Reagan

    Self (archive footage)

  9. Paul McCartney

    Paul McCartney

    Self (archive footage)

  10. Ringo Starr

    Ringo Starr

    Self (archive footage)

  11. George Harrison

    George Harrison

    Self (archive footage)

  12. John Lennon

    John Lennon

    Self (archive footage)

  13. Mao Zedong

    Mao Zedong

    Self (archive footage)

  14. Vladimir Lenin

    Vladimir Lenin

    Self (archive footage)

Featured Crew

  1. Godfrey Reggio

    Godfrey Reggio

    Writing, Directing

  2. Michael Hoenig

    Writing

  3. Ron Fricke

    Ron Fricke

    Writing

  4. Ken Richards

    Writing

  5. Alton Walpole

    Writing

April 27, 1983

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.

April 29, 1988

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

September 2, 2002

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

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