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One of the latter of Stan Brakhage's famous 'drawing on the film' movies, "The Dante Quartet" is something to behold. The University of Colorado at Boulder professor and filmmaker took over six months to complete the six minute silent film. The film is a mixture of paint on the film itself, and some optical printing done by the talented Dan Yanosky. But, as many 'beginners' have said, this isn't just a guy painting random objects on film. It actually has a narrative behind it. To those whom have read "Dante's Inferno", you'll get the idea of where this goes. The story involved hell and its sections. You'll see fast moving (almost at a speed of six frames per second) paintings, and these are actual patterns that seem to create an animation of sort, even though they're just one frame reproduced six times. As the film progresses, the beauty of it comes out, and the painstaking work of Brakhage is revealed. Overall, you'd have to see it to believe it. Quite amazing, and just another one of Brakhage's amazing pieces, up along with "Mothlight", "Ascension" and his 'Love' series. A must watch for those film students and avant garde enthusiasts.