The Four Elements

The Four Elements (1966)

January 1st, 19660h 13min

Documentary
52%

Overview

An educational film about power sources that’s rendered as a lyrical meditation on heat and vapor, The Four Elements is a poetic and avant-garde documentary Curtis Harrington made for the United States Information Agency.


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