Fire of Waters is an experimental short film by Stan Brakhage, produced in 1965.
"[2] The soundtrack actually consists of slowed down bird calls, wind, and speeded up audio of Jane Brakhage giving birth to daughter Myrenna[4] (an event originally documented, albeit silently, in Brakhage's film Window Water Baby Moving).
David E. James described Fire of Waters as one of Brakhage's most interesting films, in large part due to its use of sound.
[3] Phil Solomon's experimental film Night Lights was inspired by Fire of Waters.
[5] Daniel Barnett, in his book Movement as meaning: in experimental film, wrote of his first encounter with Fire of Waters, "I can't ever remember art making me so angry," citing the film's apparent incomprehensibility on initial viewing.