The Dante Quartet (1987)

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1. 

   criscoJovan

   Those brief moments where some kind of image is actually distinguishable beneath all of the colors - they are wonderful. 12 years 1 month ago
2. 

   Ralf

   jlfitz wrote:

   another piece of crap by Brakhage

   
   The Dante Quartet took six years to produce. The eight-minute silent film was created by painting images directly onto the film, though he often worked with previously photographed material that was then scraped away or otherwise manipulated. The paint was applied very thickly onto the film, up to half an inch thick.
   
   People who dislike Brakhage's films on impulse because they're boring or whatever the reason, ought to at least show some appreciation for his devotion to the craft. If my math is correct (unlikely), a single second of this film was six days' worth of work, although I'm sure he rested every once in a while or did other projects. To make a six minute film for six years demands some tremendous patience and dedication. 10 years 8 months ago
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   xianjiro

   Some notes on the links: both youtube links worked on 20150313.
   
   this link is better quality but has music added by someone other than Brakhage (One can turn the sound off to have the Brakhage-approved experience.)
   
   this link is lower quality and without the music
   
   I had trouble getting the final link to stream - bandwidth issues from Asia maybe? But it seems to be equal quality to the second link above.
   
   Last, I'm thinking the frame rate is higher on the(se) DVD derived versions. I've not been able to confirm this, but references to this having a running time of eight minutes (when all online versions clock in just over six) begs the question. It's doubtful so many Brakhage films have been cut and on this one especially, the intertitles go by so quickly, that I'm convinced the decision was made (probably when creating the two anthologies for the Criterion Collection) to use a higher frames per second. 9 years 1 month ago

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