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Water Wrackets

Water Wrackets (1975)

Short | UK

Director: Peter Greenaway

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Rating: 6.2/10

SYNOPSIS

Hypnotic photography of swirling rivers and misty ponds and droning music (not Michael Nyman for a change) form the backdrop to a documentary-style narration about the history of a fictional tribe in the distant past (or is it the far future?).

Writer: Peter Greenaway

Narrator: Colin Cantlie

RUNTIME: 12 min

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