02 Sep 2002
Naqoyqatsi
A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.
Sans Soleil
He wrote me...
A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.
Top Billed Cast
Florence Delay Narrator (voice)
Amílcar Cabral Self (archive footage)
Arielle Dombasle Self
Bin Akao Self (uncredited)
David Coverdale Self / Deep Purple Singer (uncredited)
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