Weathered: Inspired by Joris Ivens

A few years ago I watched the film "Rain" (1929) by Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens. I loved this simple and elegant non-narrative film and the stories that it seemed to tell in images alone.

I put this piece together from weather images that I had taken. It differs from Ivens' film, mainly in the use of sound, but the inspiration came from his masterpiece. The video of the rain with the umbrellaed people was taken in Amsterdam with the explicit purpose of paying him homage.

Music: Chopin, Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor op. posth. performed by Jean and Ginette Neveu.

Images from Elizabethtown, Auburn (Hurricane Ivan), various places in Colorado, Amsterdam, and Liechtenstein.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• weather
• rain
• storm
• hurricane
• snow
• experimental
• short
• film
• Joris
• Ivens
• Julie
• Brandt

[erikkournikov]

thanks for this

your video is quite good too

[PierreRadulescu]

Your video is great. It is truly in the spirit of Regen. I like also his Regen's Brug, made a bit earlier, but this is another story. I think that someone should try also with some more modern music, like Autumn in Varsovie, of Ligeti. Because Regen is very modern in his cinematic language (and yours is in his spirit) - so it'd be worth to try with some very modern composer.

Of course, Chopin is superb and you have used it masterfully. Thank you!

[AdrieKristia]

I love that the inspiration is Regen. Ivens' work is so beautiful and I think what you captured was great!

[MonarchyMartina]

Great use of music.