H2O: Ralph Steiner's classic 1929 ode to water

Ralph Steiner's camera studies water, its ripples, reflections and currents, until familiar surfaces dissolve into shimmering patterns of pure light in this pioneering 1929 avant-garde cinepoem.

A landmark of American avant-garde cinema that turns ordinary water into hypnotic, shimmering abstraction.

A meditative cinepoem from 1929 captures the reflective, ethereal wonders of water.

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