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Water and Power

  • 19891989
  • 57m
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Water and Power (1989)
Documentary
A moving meditation on industrialization, focusing on the eerily desolate Owens Valley in California, made arid by the diversion of water from there to the city of Los Angeles.A moving meditation on industrialization, focusing on the eerily desolate Owens Valley in California, made arid by the diversion of water from there to the city of Los Angeles.A moving meditation on industrialization, focusing on the eerily desolate Owens Valley in California, made arid by the diversion of water from there to the city of Los Angeles.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
271
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POPULARITY
247,896
11,981
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    • Director
      • Pat O'Neill
    • Stars
      • Joel Lorimen
      • Beth Block
      • George Lockwood
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    • Director
      • Pat O'Neill
    • Stars
      • Joel Lorimen
      • Beth Block
      • George Lockwood
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    Megan Williams
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    Ric Stafford
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    Amy Halperin
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    Michael Pestel
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    Adam Dubov
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    Carlos Durazo
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    Bill Stobaugh
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    Beverly Bernacki
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    Byron Werner
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    Jon Lee
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    James Valentine
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    8/10
    brilliant filmmaking
    After ten years in production this eye-opening, experimental mini-feature gives new meaning to the phrase 'state-of-the-art' (circa 1987). Using time-lapse photography, multiple exposures, animation, and other computer-controlled optical effects, director Pat O'Neill takes the viewer on a hypnotic tour of the Southern California power grid, exploring the collision between humankind and nature with a dazzling array of playful and enigmatic images. The film is a (strictly non-narrative) visual showcase, but what might have been merely a technical exercise in virtuoso FX wizardry becomes an exciting and challenging work of art, combining a sophisticated, choreographed sound track, several comic visual juxtapositions (including segments from old Hollywood movies such as Cecil B. DeMille's 'The Ten Commandments'), and odd inter-title story fragments.
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      • October 1, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • California, USA
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      57 minutes
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      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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