SURF AND SEAWEED
EUTERPE
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13m
Ralph Steiner is interested in the capacity for film to invigorate everyday sight, to alert viewers to the simple, magical visual pleasures available in nearly any circumstance. The film is divided into sequences that focus on specific kinds of imagery in and around ocean surf. — Scott MacDonald
[Music by Marc Blitzstein (adapted and arranged by Eric Beheim).]
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