Watch the Meditative Cinepoem “H20”: A Landmark Avant-Garde Art Film from 1929
H2O has been preserved for posterity by the Library of Congress’ United States National Film Registry. The original piano score in the version featured on Open Culture was composed by William Pearson.
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H2O: Ralph Steiner's classic 1929 ode to water
A meditative cinepoem from 1929 captures the reflective, ethereal wonders of water
The US photographer and filmmaker Ralph Steiner (1899-1986) is widely considered to be a pioneer of both media, celebrated for his century-spanning work in modernist photography and documentary and avant-garde film. H₂O (1929),
H₂O is frequently mentioned alongside another documentary touchstone of the same year: Regen, by the Dutch directors Joris Ivens and Mannus Franken, which celebrates Amsterdam in the rain.
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