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This is a truly unique film. Even though I have seen several "art films" where they have set classical music to animated images, this one takes it quite a bit further. As you hear the opera "The Damnation of Faust - Scene XVIII" (performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra), you do not see traditional animation. Instead, the images are all apparently painted--or at least that how it appears--yet, it moves like traditional animation! How do they make a moving animated painting?! Now given that the brush strokes are rather simple (in a Post-Impressionist style), this still is an utterly amazing thing--paintings don't just come to life everyday! Now as for the story, there really isn't one per se. Instead, the short film consists of a variety of images that constantly move in perfect timing to the music. It's certainly not a kid's animated film but more like something you'd expect to see in a modern art museum. I sure wish I were able to see this on the big screen---it would be marvelous.Overall, a truly impressive and unique work of art.
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