'Regen' ('Rain', 1925) from Dutch film maker Joris Ivens

This film - 'Regen' ('Rain') from 1925 by the Dutch film maker Joris Ivens - is a poetic meditation on the transformation of a city by rain.

Mesmerisingly beautiful.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• old film
• 'Regen'
• 'Rain'
• Dutch film
• Joris Ivens

[poetcomic1]

Wake me when it starts to rain...

[nickwallacesmith]

@poetcomic1 - hi - your comment sounds like the first line of a Japanese haiku - wonder what the next line could be?

[poetcomic1]

@nickwallacesmith wake me

when it starts to rain so I can dream

[nickwallacesmith]

hi poetcomic1 - so perfect i can't offer an alternative, really! thanks for that.

[nickwallacesmith]

hi opensecret51 - that's exactly right - you always need your cameras at the ready - you never know when the moment will present itself - as an amateur i've missed so many shots trying to get my carmera out of my bag and its case!

[opensecret51]

@nickwallacesmith It is beautiful poetry ..I love it ..the city is Amsterdam ..it is said that " Ivens and his team always traveled with their cameras, even sleeping with

them at bedside, ready to capture the effect of the weather on puddles, pedestrians, and buildings

at any moment. "

[nickwallacesmith]

hi ourDC888 - great you like it - do you recognise the city?

[nickwallacesmith]

hi Qbendanny - i didn't know - thanks for that

[nickwallacesmith]

hi HerAeolianHarp - i keep coming back to this film - it's endlessly evocative without falling into cliche - glad you love it too

[ourDC888]

Beautiful, and very special for me, because I'm so proud to be Dutch too! Thank you, Nick!