doctorxx Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 This is a unique film. There has been nothing like it since nor before. If you have not seen it in a couple of decades, do yourself a favor and get it from your library system. The Nutcracker sequence is a perfect realization of the music and the finale, the contrast between good and evil, always bring a tear to my eyes. This is moviemaking at its finest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 The art and animation in Fantasia are so incredibly beautiful. It takes a lot of energy for me to watch this movie because I keep "geeking out" over the realistic way things move or the incredible backgrounds or the thought of having to draw all those little water droplets by hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joefilmone Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Truly the ultimate experience in sight and sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Fantasia (1940) gracing the screen in the Chinese Theatre on Sunday to close the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California. ph: Edward M. Pio Roda TCM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I'm a great fan of Fantasia. An amazing artistic achievement. (I also think Fantasia 2000 is pretty wonderful.) "The Socerer's Apprentice", "Night on Bald Mountain", and "Ave Marie" are perhaps the most celebrated segments, and "The Pastoral Symphony" is almost certainly the most controversial & criticized, but for me "The Rite of Spring" is as powerful & memorable as "Ave Marie". Simply devastating. I'll admit to being especially drawn to things about nature and animals even though the life-and-death parts are wrenching for me. You can probably imagine how I am during Bambi or, since we're discussing Fantasia, the heartbreaking kitty cat from Allegro non troppo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I've had the pleasure of seeing this film on the big screen in a theater with an excellent sound system. Luckily more than once. Point a gun to my head and demand I single out any segment as my favorite, and you may as well just pull the trigger. If I HAD to single out anything, it would be the slow tempo Stokowski gave "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies". It sounds SO much better at that tempo. What I would find to complain about would be the way theaters used to advertise the showing of it. Newspaper ads would simply show a still shot of Mickey Mouse from "Sorcerer's Apprentice". So many parents would bring their four and five year olds to the show. AND of course, THEY got bored real quick and would start getting fidgity. Between their whining and the parent's shushing, it made it hard to fully enjoy. So I started going to the later showings. But what's also delightful is that many people I know who detest classical music (my kids included) simply LOVE this tribute to hand drawn animation. I defy the makers of Anime to TRY and top it! Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 The Pastoral Symphony segmant is my favorite, with the Nutcracker close second, and I guess it will always be. I have seen the Fantasia 2000, but somehow it doesn't engage me as a viewer and I love those music choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joefilmone Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Firebird Suite in "Fantasia 2000" is truly spectacular. I'm sure Disney is planning some sort of IMAX - 3 - D release- if any movie was made for the big screen it's "Fantasia" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Heads Up for the Disney Animation Fans. Tonight "ABC Family Channel" is showing *Bambi* for the first time. Check Your Local Listings Kyle In Hollywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I'm so glad others appreciate this artistic achievement - I thought I was the only one who "geeked out" and visibly cry when I view this. Also glad I saw it first on the big screen-although I wholly enjoy the BluRay version on my big Sony TV & 5.1 surround sound. I really think Sony's TV does the best justice to the Disney colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzcutter Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 The bonus features on the BluRay include a featurette on the Schulteis notebook. Herman Schulteis kept copious notes on the effects that were used in *Fantasia* and the featurette uses pages from the notebook to help explain how some of the more complicated effects were done by hand. The Schulteis Notebook is on display at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprocket_Man Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 >"The So®cerer's Apprentice", "Night on Bald Mountain", and "Ave Marie" are perhaps the most celebrated segments, and "The Pastoral Symphony" is almost certainly the most controversial & criticized, but for me "The Rite of Spring" is as powerful & memorable as "Ave Marie". It's "Ave Maria, not "Marie" (same name, of course, but different languages. The title and lyrics are in Latin, as per Catholic liturgy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Thank you for the corrections. I post from my phone and between the not always helpful autocorrect and the tiny screen & keyboard, I missed those typos. Back to lurking to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 >I missed those typos. > >Back to lurking to me. Don't worry about your typos. Everyone here mkes typos. Join us. So you are posting from your cell phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 While I'm not really a Disney animation fan, I'll readily admit that *Fantasia* is a masterwork. Dance of the Hours is easily my favorite segment. It's also worth noting that Disney and Stokowski invented multichannel audio for this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 That's very kind of you. But it was careless of me. And yes, I'm posting from my phone right now and it's a challenge. Ten minutes of error messages, going in circles, and dead ends just trying to get to the posting page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlywdkjk Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 *"That's very kind of you. But it was careless of me."* - Calamity It happens to a lot of us. And we all get corrected by "SprocketMan" when it happens. He is a very knowledgeable person and can be very informative. But most of us have learned just to ignore him when he pulls out his "copy editor" hat and corrects our or other members' typos, mis-spellings or other trivial errors. Don't let the behavior drive you away from here. I was happy to see you posting. Kyle (Getting ready to watch *Bambi* tonight) In Hollywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 No hyphen needed: >mis?spell?ing >noun -ˈspe-liŋ >Definition of MISSPELLING >: an incorrect spelling No, I'm not applying for SM's job... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Sprktmn should b glad we r not txtng 2 this 4 m. He'd go nts! cpatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Thank you for the kindness and encouragement. I learned three things this weekend and one of them was that it is crazy to try to post from my phone ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Poor Calamity! When I use the phone, my speech to text is hilarious.. The auto-correct doesn't know the movies like we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Faiola Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Here's a youtube link to the uncensored version of the "Pastoral Symphony" sequence. These scenes were included in the WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR program "Magic and Music" in 1958. Then, for the picture's early 60's reissue they were cut (along with the music that accompanied the offending shots). For the 50th Anniversary reissue, the original negatives were restored and, rather than cut the footage, the offending shots were merely re-cropped so that the black characters were not seen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPKpFNm3QMM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 > {quote:title=casablancalover wrote:}{quote}The Pastoral Symphony segment is my favorite, with the Nutcracker close second, and I guess it will always be. I have seen the Fantasia 2000, but somehow it doesn't engage me as a viewer and I love those music choices. I definitely prefer the original to FANTASIA 2000, though I adore the "Rhapsody in Blue" sequence-- I mean, come on, Gershwin AND Herschfeld! (hope I spelled his name right). My favorite part of the original FANTASIA is probably "The Rite of Spring" because it's so dang cool. I will never forget seeing FANTASIA in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl last summer (with live symphony orchestra playing to the film) and hearing that bassoon solo (that opens the piece) played live. So beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 When technology isn't cooperating, maybe it's the Universe trying to give me a hint ! Thanks for the sympathy. Enough of my phone travails. Since "The Rite of Spring" is my favorite part of Fantasia, it's probably not a big surprise that I especially love the "Pines of Rome" segment in Fantasia 2000. But "Rhapsody in Blue" is wonderful too and "Firebird Suite" is exquisite. Of course, I could say the same thing about several other numbers in F2000 but I'll stop there. Flamingos and bats and Donald Duck... I still have to watch "Destino" on the Blu-Ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casablancalover Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Have you seen some of the sequences that didn't make it in the final version? maybe some here can give some more background or update me about this.. [Clair de Lune|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcpamvLB2JU] h5. When this was playing, the birds near my balcony on the Caloosahatchee got excited and started to sing in response.. cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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