Panta Rhei (1952)
- Directed by
- Bert Haanstra
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- Netherlands
- Runtime
- 10 min
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This Dutch short documentary shows the movement of nature through footage of water, clouds and plants. It uses time-lapse photography and rhythmic editing to convey constant change.
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What happens
Panta Rhei is a Dutch short documentary film by Bert Haanstra, first shown in 1952. It portrays the motions of nature, edited rhythmically with alternating footage of water, clouds and vegetation, sometimes using time-lapse photography. It was Haanstra's fourth film as director and like many of his early films it does not feature any humans. The title is a Greek phrase (ta panta rhei) associated with the philosopher Heraclitus and the concept that everything is in a constant state of becoming something else. The film competed at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. Critics have highlighted its rhythmicality and vision of nature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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