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.
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self - On TV (archive footage, uncredited)
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self - On TV (archive footage) (uncredited)
**For the general public, this film is uninteresting. However, it will have merits if displayed within the most correct context.** I've heard of this film as a documentary, but I honestly don't know if Godfrey Reggio really wanted to document anything. This was the director's debut, and for a first work we can say that there is quality, even though it is a somewhat strange film because it has nothing more than a soundtrack and successive images, which do not seem to have a relationship with each other. If this is an experimental film, I also can't understand what this director really wan...
Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget$600,000.00
Revenue $3,200,000.00