Storyline
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.
Released
27 April 1983
Runtime
1h 26min
Director
Budget
$600,000
Revenue
$3,200,000
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
IRE Productions, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education, American Zoetrope
Cast
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)
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