Posted on 06/07/2023 12:42:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
They should make a live action Fantasia starring Sam Smith.
Is that movie the original music video? It is still very watchable today.
Disney has made quite a few live action remakes of cartoons, haven’t they?
Who knows, maybe the guys at Disney are working on it.
How long until Disney releases a “live action” version of Fantasia featuring a LGBTQIA2S+ orgy?
From lofty heights of creativity to just below the lowest septic tank. Walt would cry.
Like many artworks, it was ahead of its time, and only later has received the praise it deserves. One of its effects, though, was that Disney decided never to be artistic again, and that was when he took the highway exit leading to pure entertainment, from Disneyland and WDW to the Mickey Mouse Club and Wonderful World of Color.
It was a wonderful piece. I wonder if it is available in HDTV
“I noticed most of disney stuff was filled with witchcraft.”
“Filled?” Really? And “most” you say? Let’s not get hysterical.
“Many” Disney animated features have “contained” characters and scenes that include witches, magic, sorcery, etc. Many of Disney’s classic feature films are based on traditional fairy tales and folklore that occasionally involved the supernatural, both good and evil. No need to sound the satanic fire alarm.
I saw this as an adult back in 1970. I liked it!
There was a family a couple of rows ahead in which the mom thought it was horrible! “This is Horrible! I certainly hope they show a CARTOON!”
The poor dad looked to be whipped down by her statements. I believe the two young kids liked it.
It was the second film I viewed. I recall it vividly these many years later. (The first film was Yankee Doodle Dandy, so beat that for the best two-ball combination of all time.)
Also, very few disney cartoons or movies actually have intact families in them. It's always single/widowed mom/dad, aunts and uncles, and nephews and such.
Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 were wonderful. A shame Disney is garbage now.
They already did.
Sorcerers apprentice starring Nicholas Cage
And yes, it was bad.
I guess you could call it that! It’s one of my all-time favorites. I absolutely love Walt Disney’s pairing of animation with classical music! I never tire of watching it.
The “Night on Bald Mountain-Ave Maria” pairing is my favorite sequence in the whole movie.
Just a mention to “Fantasia 2000”- even tho Walt was long gone when this was produced, it carried the spirit of the original quite well, I thought. I have loved Resphigi’s “Pines of Rome” for a long time, and was impressed with what Disney Studios did with it. Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” was great in the movie, but my favorite, for a big finish, was definitely Stravinsky’s “Firebird”. The Forest Nymph, the destruction and the rebirth of the forest-just wonderful.
As you can guess, I just love these two movies. I strongly recommend seeing them if they sound like something someone might be interested in.
You’re right- it WAS ahead of its time. Classical music itself tells a story, we just use our imaginations to complete the experience. Disney did it in such a wonderful way.
I wouldn’t trust the current powers-that-be at Disney to to pair music with a blank movie screen.
Fantasia as a whole movie was basically censored out of existence in the late 40s or so. Nothing official about this but censored none the less. The reason is the Night on Bald Mountain episode. Too violent with very strong hints of psychedelic experiences. The back rooms of Hollywood knew their drugs.
Top episodes were mentioned in the OP article. The sorcerer’s apprentice and the ballet dancing hippos were occasionally played on Wide World of Color. Sunday evening. Both are epic.
I was blown away when the full Fantasia was released in full finally. When available on the shelf, I snapped up a VHR copy fast in case it was disappeared again.
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