By stripping down film to the minimal conditions for filmhood, the filmmaker highlighted those conditions in ways that can lead viewers to comprehend Serene Velocity's philosophical point.

She held an ornate brass coffee mill under her left arm and used her right hand to grind the freshly toasted beans.

He throws great parties: the beer flows like water.

Rice mills, called pecker, cog, and water mills... The first... so called, from the pestle's striking... in the manner of a wood pecker.