FANTASIA: Walt Disney's High Art Failure
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- Covering the creation and legacy of Walt Disney's high art failure, Fantasia, discussing how this classical symphony of art came to be, the groundbreaking work that went into making it, what went wrong with its initial release, how this initial failure slowly turned into a success, and what happened to its belated continuation - Fantasia 2000.
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Where would you rank Fantasia in the history of Disney animation?
Best Disney film.
Easily one of Disney's best. Right up there with Beauty and the Beast and Mary Poppins.
One of the all time Disney classics
In the masterclass ranking
The image of Mickey as the Apprentice alone shows the importance. Right up with Beauty and the Beast's best picture nomination.
Is it perfect? No.
Is it a masterpiece? Yes.
VERY good point. Masterpieces are about expression and communication, not about perfection (because perfection doesn't exist).
I've always wondered, why do people even ask if a piece of media is perfect or not? If nothing is perfect, why do we always need to point out that something isn't perfect?
Sometimes it means it's made for me perfectly or not
Can we name anything that's universally perfect? No.
Can we name things that are universally considered masterpieces? Yes.
If this was a failure, it is one of the most beautiful failures in animation.
It was a huge financial failure in 1940; the war was a huge factor in hurting its international market & also it cost so much to put on as a roadshow. The critical consensus was mixed at best but of course was reappraised to being beloved
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@@LucyLioness100I can’t believe Gone With The Wind can be a global juggernaut but this (racist tidbits notwithstanding) fails. 🤦🏻♂️
I know they lost significant amount of money and it must've really sucked for the company at the time...but it was such a noble chance they took. And on the plus side it gave them a level of credibility they may never have had without it.
When I was younger, like 5 or 6, I thought I was so boring. Now as an adult I think it’s a masterpiece. I really wish Disney would start a series on Disney plus of new shorts every couple months to continue its legacy.
I think Walt Disney had wishes about anything dealing with the reproduction of this specific movie. Apparently they were going to make a video game related to it in the 16-bit era but they cancelled it due to those wishes. Disney is destroying themselves as it is now, if they touched this now, Walt Disney's legacy will be destroyed.
@@Epic_C No, that game released. It’s “Fantasia” on the Genesis.
If they did something like that today I'm afraid the animation is gonna be done in a sterile 3D engine and the orchestra comes from a sample library. It wouldn't be the same.
Fantasia was my absolute favorite movie as a kid!!
Totally, especially for its time, it would have been mind blowing to see when it came out. Just like the Wizard of Oz
Night on Bald Mountain is a masterpiece
yup was always my favorite
It had little kids crying in fear at the theaters. Watch it today as as a grown up & it still just as scary & evil as it was then.
When I think of Fantasia, I always remember this line from The Man Who Came to Dinner.
""Don't worry about it Walt, Beethoven hasn't had a hit in years."
Fantasia is a masterpiece with its stellar animation, amazing music, and such memorable imagry. This was Walt Disney's passion project which he put everything he had into this film and you feel it, this to me is what Disney truly represents a culmination of creativity and imagination and not the corporate giant we know them as today but in a place of passion.
For the amount i mainlined this movie on vhs i would never have known it was a failure.
I’ll never forget seeing Chernabog in Kingdom Hearts when I was younger and wondering where the hell HE was from. I then discovered both Fantasia and 2000 which had come out a few years prior and it was like slipping into a secret Disney world nobody ever talked about.
I'm actually at the end of Kingdom Hearts I right now and expect to beat him later tonight. I'm glad he also comes back in Dream Drop Distance in a much more Fantasia way.
And upon discovering Fantasia, you finally found out where the hell he was from : He was, indeed, *FROM HELL* .
My elementary school art teacher put on Fantasia 2000 for us in class one day. I loved it so much that after school I picked it out at blockbuster to show it to my twin sister. We were both mesmerized and in love. To this day it fills me up with joy and warmth of nostalgia.
Disney has released a few of the segments for a never-released third Fantasia as standalone shorts; The Little Match Girl is absolutely devastating,
The Salvadore Dali segment is incredible.
When I was a senior in high school I was taking AP art and we did a Saturday class to work on our portfolios. Our teacher put on Fantasia figuring it would be good background music and some inspiring art. We were all so mesmerized that we weren’t working on our art and she had to turn it off
Wow, that's amazing
Dance of the Hours is so underrated among all the fantasía segments. It’s silly and fun without being too much
Chernabog still gives me goosebumps to this day. Watching Fantasia as a child, seeing Chernabog float by at night at Disneg World, and fighting him near the end of Kingdom Hearts 1, his sparingly used image is one of Disney's most powerful. Burn all the money and let someone go nuts making Fantasia 3.
Growing up, I watched Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 over and over again. I loved them, and despite struggling to get other friends interested in them, I never grew tired of watching them. Interesting to get some background on them. Good video!
The Rite of Spring and Ave Maria pieces remains some of my favorite pieces of animation. Honestly, 2000 is pretty underrated; obviously more compromised in the Eisner era of commercialism, but Rhapsody in Blue, Pines of Rome and Firebird Suite manage to keep the spirit of the original Fantasia alive.
Also, if people want some more interesting Mickey they should check out Epic Mickey and the early comics such as Zombie Coffee.
Great video as always
Love Zombie Coffee!
Firebird is really cool because A) Stravinski is so iconic that he gets a slot on both movies and 2) I get strong Miyazaki vibes from the animation.
Michael Eisner came to the Disney company in a “Publish Or Perish “ era for it. In that way, his tenure is not dissimilar to the early times that birthed Fantasia. After 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt knew he couldn’t rest on laurels if he wanted to keep the doors of the young studio open. When Eisner arrived at Disney, it was a faded grand dame spinning its wheels. His tenure, from 1984-2005, gave the company legitimacy again. He had to focus on commercialism, because without the finances from it, the company would have been purchased by an outside entity, likely, and dissolved.
6:18 I found out, by rewatching Fantasia recently, that The Nutracker as a Christmas phenomenon didn't actually occur until well after this was made!! I always thought as a kid that "nobody performs it nowadays" from Deems Taylor was sarcasm but he was serious. How odd, seeing as how I cannot even think of Christmas time without the Nutcracker ballet!
I say this with all compliments but this was the best failure of all time. What I mean by that is this movie will stand the test of time by only being one of a kind. There will never be another movie like this ever, and thats what makes this my favorite movie. There is literally no words to describe this movie besides pure art and pure artistic drive to create.
Fantasia may have started out as a failure in the past, but over time it had turned into a successful triumph. Fantasia is one of my all-time favorite Disney films.
The idea of putting visuals to classical music I think is brilliant, pure, and timeless. That’s what we do to varying extents whenever we listen to music or read books. Our imagination puts visuals to the information we’re taking in. Fleshing those ideas out and putting them on film is awesome.
It’s also cool because usually film works in the opposite way. Where the music is trying to match what’s happening on screen. Here the visuals are trying to match the music. I also love that the film utilizes visual storytelling so prominently. That is film in its purest form imo. It’s typically the X Factor between whether or not I consider a film great.
I think it’s a fantastically creative idea that can be engaging for anybody. And it’s an idea I’d love to see carried on forever. To me it’s like pairing music in its purest form with film in its purest form. I’d love to see it done more, warts and all. I think we need to lean into art a lot more, in a time where the casual moviegoer doesn’t even consider film “art”. They see it as entertainment.
Great overview of my all-time favorite classic Disney film. One thing about the Nutcracker Suite: at the time Fantasia was made, the Nutcracker was not yet a holiday tradition in this country. Deems Taylor mentions that the full ballet was almost never performed. It was the Mikhail Baryshnikov/Gelsey Kirkland television broadcast in 1977 that revived it and made the ballet a Christmas favorite. It's fortunate that the ballet was almost forgotten in 1940, since it meant the audience had no preconceptions and the animators were free to craft their own narrative.
This film is the reason I am still playing the violin.
Disney & Dali's Destino deserves it's own analysis.
The whale segment always reminded me of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
I never thought of it that way! I totally see it now, excellent perspective!
Milk+toast = Wednesday
I watched this constantly as a child. It was my introduction to classical music and animation. Still into both today. Not the best quality recordings, but I've seen all this music live now because I had this VHS tape to start.
Have you ever seen it performed in concert?
@@ct6852 Not as a whole, but I've seen all the individual pieces live, except maybe one or two from the opening.
@@sonyakinsey4376 It's so good. The whale one and fire mountain literally made me cry.
I have a very vivid memory from when I was 4-6 of a nightmare where the Chernabog was looking in my window. I STILL don’t like having uncovered windows when i need to sleep.
Always loved Fantasia!
Excellent video, I think I’m due for a rewatch on Disney+. Been a long time!
While Beauty and the Beast is my favorite Disney film, I'm the first to admit that Fantasia is the highest work of art that Disney ever made. Easily one of the studio's greatest, maybe even the best-animated films of all time.
I'd argue that Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the highest work of art that Disney ever made. While pedestrian by modern sensibilities, that film was revolutionary and downright experimental when it was first released. To say that it changed the course of animation in the United States would be an understatement
@@juansanchez209you do make an amazingly fantastic point.
The visual segment for the Toccata and Fugue is constantly underrated, and here is no exception.
2:23 Minor correction: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first ever AMERICAN feature-length animated film, as well as the first one with spoken dialogue and the first one with traditional hand-drawn animation. The first "feature-length animated film", however, was a German-made silhouette animated film titled "The Adventures of Prince Achmed," with a story line based on some of the stories from the "Arabian Nights". It was released in 1926. There were also two even earlier Argentinian cardboard cutout animated films that are sometimes claimed as the first feature-length animated films, but those were shorter than what is usually considered "feature length" (though much longer than any other animated production up to that time) and were both lost in a 1926 fire. They also lacked the international appeal of either "Prince Achmed" or "Snow White", as they were made to satirize Argentinian politics rather than to entertain by adapting classic popular stories.
I wondered why they didn't make a Fantasia 3 instead of Wish for their 100 year Anniversary/farewell to Mickey. But seeing that Fantasia didn't go over that well makes a little more sense...
Probably because they wanted to make something that was more likely to bring them a return for their shareholders. Fantasia hasn't exactly been known for that.
I never thought of Fantasia as a failure on any level except popular appeal. I guess we could consider the Mona Lisa a failure because everyone in the world hasn't seen it.
I've loved this one since I was little. I loved 2000 when it came out too. I have always been willing to sit down and let animation and music take me on a journey
I'm in that club, too.
I feel like Make Mine Music, Melody Time and Fun & Fancy Free were ersatz sequels to Fantasia; granted, they didn’t label them as such, and all 3 films were anthology collections, but some of the scrapped segments for an ongoing updated Fantasia made their way into those films. My favorite is Bumble Boogie, which is a jazzy reinterpretation of the Flight of the Bumblebee.
I actually prefer these anthology animated films to most of the rest of the Disney animated output.
My favorite bits from those are 'All the Cats Join In', 'Since You've Gone', 'Blue Bayou', 'The Whale That Wanted to Sing at the Met', and a few others.
fantasia was my cocomelon growing up - my ass would just sit there & stare at it completely mesmerized
Also I saw the Chicago Symphony Orchestra present Fantasia last fall. They did a blend of pieces from both films with live music from the orchestra with the animation pieces displayed on a big screen in the orchestra hall. It looks like it’s a new version of the road show as the production has been touring for a few years. Decades later it’s fulfilling its destiny as a masterpiece.
I watched fantasia on vhs as a child to till it wore out. The music and animation was so captivating to me. Rewatched it again as an adult on LSD made me had in awe. The fact they made this in the 40’s. All hand drawn. Perfection in my eyes. Ave Maria had me in tears.
I absolutely loved Fantasia as a kid and gave me a great appreciation for classical music!
If i were to fix Fantasia 2000, I would cut Sorcerers Appreciate for Pomp and Circumstance, add Boléro by Maurice Ravel and make Gustav Holst The Planets Suite.
The Planets! YES! "Bolero" was one of the pieces animated for the Italian film 'Allegro non Troppo', 1976. Bruno Bozzetto's parody of Fantasia.
Thanks for the amazing video Matt. ❤ your videos
I saw Fantasia as a child and I loved it!! Both films are amazing and it’s wonderful to see artistic endeavors at work! My two favorites: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in the first film and the George Gershwin “Rhapsody in Blue” piece in the second.
Rhapsody in Blue is so good.
Along with 'Peter and the Wolf' and 'Carnival of the Animals' this was considered a bulwark of Classical music education for kids of a certain generation. It had been so for my mother and, by the time my brothers and I came along, it was also made a part of our musical education. I loved it - still do, for all its silliness but it really did get us listening closely to the music. Thanks for this. Great stuff.
I know it was only a clip but you have to use the terrifying clip in Night At Balder Mountain, Matt Draper, now that theme is in my head again.
Fantasia was my favorite Disney movie as a young kid, probably because it had no dialogue or 'story' that couldn't be conveyed in images only. Just beautiful imagery and great music. To this day I can't hear "The Rite of Spring" without thinking of fighting dinosaurs.
I have a soft spot for Fantasia 2000 as well, for all that it's not quite the masterwork that 1940 is. I give it points for some really unique art styles, 'Rhapsody in Blue' is probably one of my favorite things ever animated in that regard. And 'Firebird' still sometimes brings me to tears even as a jaded grownup.
this movie makes me so nostalgic--my classical music loving grandpa showed me fantasia when I was a little kid who loved art and ballet. I was OBSESSED. we always had to skip the rite of spring and bald mountain (too scary lmao)
Didn't know much about this, so this was fascinating, great video!
Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!
Masterpiece!👏👏👏👏👏❤💯
Only you could go from Demons to Fantasia in back-to-back weeks, Matt❤
Great break down of both of the Fantasia movies! Honestly, I could see Disney’s original goal of releasing new Fantasias being easier to do now-a-days. Maybe make one segment every year, every few years, release a new set of them, or even as a mini-series every year on Disney+. Fantasia was definitely a huge inspiration as to why I became a composer as a kid, because I was exposed to these awesome pieces of music and really could connect with them! I think it would help others realize that classical music is not some far-off, distant thing and would be a great way to expose younger people to the genre. :)
Classical music and classical animation. 2 things in life i adore. Thank you for telling me about this!
It's a Complete Audiovisual encyclopedia about this Movie Masterpiece from Walt Disney! Thousand Thanks for making this Inspiring video.💯💯🌟
Rhapsody in Blue and Firebird Suite from fantasia 2000 was what put me on the path to be an artist. I was 5.
Yeah those were incredible. The Nutcracker was my other favorite.
Super awesome video. I really enjoyed it!
Night At Bal Mountain, I know this intro to well, well enough that even as an adult I excuse myself before it even starts. 😂
Great review... can I ask a technical question though, how exactly did you get the footage? I have such a hard time recording footage from movies to use in RUclips videos these days, I feel like all the streaming platforms have auto-blocking features now that prevent the use of screen-recording software.
Still my Top Favorite Disney film - I grew up watching it on VHS back in the early 90s and its power has never faded. It was my introduction to many things, among them Greek mythology, visual concepts of hell, and of course classical music.
Fun Fact: the live model for Chernalbog in the Night on Bald Mountain segment (my favorite of the segments), was none other than Dracula himself, Bela Lugosi!!!
When I first saw it as a child I thought it was super boring and couldn't stand it. As an adult and an artist myself I am blown away by how creative it is!
My second favourite film. Watched it first at 13 years old and for two hours was transported. Came out in a daze and a rejuvenated love for animation
What's your favorite film? and third for that matter.
It was Fantasia's "Rite of Spring" segment that introduced a young dinosaur freak to Stravinsky. The segment was featured on "The Wonderful World of Color" (or was it "Disneyland"?, and I was absolutely owned by it. A decade or so later, I bought the original full ballet score, and I must have listened to it at least once a day for a couple of years. It's become my top favorite piece, and it still lifts me off the planet. All thanks to Fantasia. The film is definitely in my personal Top Ten of all time. Stravinsky was put off by the shuffling of the segments, and wasn't impressed by the subject matter. I don't blame him - he didn't want Disney to use it, and they went over his head and bought the rights (rites?) anyway. ~according to his autobiography.
Have not seen Fantasia 2000, but I did watch Fantasia as an adult and I honestly think I would've liked to see it as a child... at least the ones that have characters in it. The more mood-setting animations like the intro and the waveform-stuff, not so much. Though I imagine, considering how badly I reacted to Land Before TIme, The Rite of Spring would have me even more emotional... also, I must say it- Fantasia made for the best Kingdom Hearts level so far.
I didn't really appreciate it as a kid because there was no story. But definitely did later. 2000 is arguably better imo.
I really liked Fantasia. I found it mesmerizing. You just couldn't stop watching it. It's better than most films that are made currently.
I watched the Heck out of Fantasia as a kid and it's still amazing. I thought it was a masterpiece then and I think the same now. Fantasia 2000 not so much, yeah.
I think the segment with the Greek gods and etc was always my favorite bc of both the Pegasus and all of the centaur people. I always wanted to be *that* kind of horse-girl...
I love the unicorns, centaurettes, fairies, dinosaurs, and the ballet, and the mount demon playing with the little fire people.
We had Fantasia on VHS when I was a kid and I watched it not knowing anything about it. I don’t understand why it’s considered impenetrable for people as I was just a normal kid and I was totally enchanted by it and watched it over and over. It seemed pure and highly artistic to me and like I had discovered something special!
A million times better than anything Disney has put out recently. This and Pinocchio are my favorite Disney movies of all time!
As a child I was always in awh of wild animations syncing up to audio. Greatly effecting how I enjoy media. I'm always looking for instantaces of music sync in every other work of art
Time for a lore dump: Disney and Salvador Dali worked together on an original musical piece called "Destino". It was never finished in their lifetimes, but in 2003 a digitally completed version saw the light of day and is currently available on RUclips.
I always find it hilarious while watching Fantasia to hear the introduction to the Nutcracker segment. At the time, the Nutcracker had never been performed in the United States and wouldn’t be for about ten years, so the master of ceremonies introduces it by saying that it’s a little known score and is rarely performed today. Now it’s a huge part of Christmas tradition and is performed by nearly every ballet company in December. I’d like to think that Fantasia may have had an effect in bringing the music into popular consciousness and priming the public to embrace it when it did come to the United States.
Thanks for this!! I adore the Fantasia films, wish we would get a third…
One of my all time favorite movies
This movie's last segment used to scare the hell out of me. I still love this movie to this very day. Chernabog is such an iconic disney villain, the other segments are also fun to watch. It's a masterpiece
Speak for yourself! Def. A classic. Beautiful to have in the background for the music and visuals. There is a techno house club in Miami called space that plays the movie on these vintage tvs by the bar ! Super cool
13:40 - 13:46/ Given that this quote was from Tee Hee, I'm just curious....
Did he collaborate with Chuck Jones on WHAT'S OPERA, DOC? It seems like this particular segment of FANTASIA would influence the WB classic short from 1957.❤
Fantasia will always be my favorite
I was 14or 15 when the 1969 revival came to town.My image of Fantasia was the dancing hippos and such. As we waited eagerly for the previous audience to leave and let us in for the next showing, I was surprised at the somber expression of the people coming out of the theater... Of course, they had just experienced Night on Bald Mountain!
I feel like for all the talk of how Wish is supposed to be the "origin story" for Disney, I always felt like Fantasia covered that territory pretty well... Rite of Spring was evolution and the development of the species, Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria was the spiritual battle between good and evil in its most primal form, Pastoral Symphony showed the pagan Mythology, and Sorcerer's Apprentice was like the literal beginning of the "magic." I should note that's not set in stone that's just how I personally viewed it canonically and it always seemed to make sense...
I love both features. FANTASIA FOREVER!!
Exquisitely ambitious...to a fault. With moments that are seared into the memory and others we would, perhaps, rather forget, or have forgotten, Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 nevertheless both illustrate the sort of concerted push to challenge audience's preconceived notions about what animation truly is...when done to the nines, the burgeoning art form of the 20th century for which no parallel in the live-action, human realm of the picture-making biz can compete.
Saw a live orchestra perform scenes from both movies and it was awesome. Perfect introduction to live classical music. If it comes to your city it's well worth seeing.
I really liked fantasia as a kid. We used to rent it from the local library all the time, as well as fantasia 2000
I always loved when my national tv channel streamed Fantasia, it's a great part of my childhood and my motivation to create art
Speaking as a former Disneyphile who was known as “The Disney Girl” in college-if Disney re-released this masterpiece in theaters today with 7.1 surround sound and a full digital restoration…I would go see it every. single. day with a large tub of movie theater popcorn! My parents bought this one on VHS when I was 5, and I was utterly transfixed by the experience…particularly Night On Bald Mountain. I’ve renounced the company-BUT this film (along with Sleeping Beauty) are absolute high art pictures that can only be appreciated in a cinematic experience. Start petitioning for this one to be re-released if you love hand-drawn animation!
10/10. I saw it as a kid and was blown away. Pure magic.
10:30 It's also worth noting that this is only 15 years after the Scopes "Monkey Trial" over teaching evolution in schools. Evolution was a very controversial topic, and Disney's open advocacy undoubtedly ruffled some feathers. But at the same time, it was also an excellent vehicle to teach the basics to a public who wouldn't necessarily be familiar with the scientific theories.
Either way, the choice to pair one of the most controversial pieces of music ever, with one of the most controversial scientific theories ever, was both inspired and very genuinely brave. It was a borderline radical embrace of Modernism, for the time.
(Also, 100% agree about Rhapsody In Blue! ♥♥)
I liked Fantasia, and Fantasia 2000's trailer is burned into my memory as it was in many of the Disney VHS movies we owned, bu what I really love and still watch every so often is Melody Time. Much less "pretentious" and briming with character, and characters. It even introduced me to one of the few poets I know by name, Joyce Kilmer, who wrote the poem that was animated in the Trees short.
My VHS tape of Fantasia was running almost nonstop in my house when I was very young. Apparently I used to walk around the house “conducting” music😂 I was also terrified of the end of Rite of Spring, but Night on Bald Mountain I was entranced by
I always thought what the Disney animation would have looked like or how it would have been different had the public embraced this film as much as they did Snow White, which up until Cinderella was the highest grossing film the company had made.
My first memory of Fantasia wasn't the film but DTV. The centaurs dancing to Annie Lennox forever captured my imagination.
My Grandma had a VHS tape with DTV on it that she would play for my sister and I when we visited her house. I was obsessed with that part as well. 🦄❤
@@unicorn4031 not ashamed to say my first cartoon crush was one of the female centaurs😅. I was so sad for the two who felt so alone sitting by themselves from the group.
It didn't need to be perfect at the time to be perfect later. It is a masterpiece, and I'm sad it's so underrated. Same for 2000.
Great movie. Expanded my love of music at a very young age.
I loved Fantasia as a kid. Pretty sure it impacted how I enjoy music.
Really wish Disney would revisit Fantasia over anything they're currently doing. Not like Fantasia 2000 (which I do love) but with all these symphonies and orchestras that are focusing on video games, anime's, etc - I feel like Disney could really capture magic and add spectacle to the space by doing a version of Fantasia live with the animations playing on a screen.
The stereo system might have been a major reason why it flopped, but the tech itself was extremely important, leading to our modern sound systems like Dolby Atmos. It’s the same situation with 2000. IMAX is now a major format that every blockbuster is released in, and multiple each year are shot and formatted for. But back in 1999, it was not a thing to put a normal movie in an IMAX venue. Both Fantasia films might’ve flopped in their time, but we have to thank them for being so technologically advanced in their distribution.
I loved this movie as a kid. Disney would never be brave enough to release something like this today.
In today's day, I could very easily see Fantasia 3 as not a movie, but a collection of shorts, sorta like Love Death and Robots but more than 5% of the shorts will actually be good.
I used to watch Fantasia over and over as a kid, it was my favorite.
My kid thinks that the whale segment is absolutely amazing, watching it over and over when he was a little bit younger.
For moments like that, I can never faulter Fantasia 2000.
Fantasia is an expression of the high level of creativity and artistry in the young Walt Disney. He turned 39 years old the year Fantasia originally released (1940). While A Night On Bald Mountain is justifiably cited for its maturity and darkness, even a gentler short like The Sorcerer’s Apprentice subtly exemplifies those qualities. Witness an uncharacteristically mute Mickey Mouse and an intense morally ambiguous sorcerer who doesn’t seem to care much about him.
I only saw the Sorcerer's apprentice when i was younger, but i saw night on bald mountain later.
Man i really need to revisit this movie and the 2000 version.
The Rite of Spring is the greatest piece of music ever written! IMO
I remember growing up with Fantasia and being both horrified and captivated by it. When Fantasia 2000 came out I was maybe 10 and had a pretty negative opinion of it. But over time my thoughts have changed and some segments are really endearing to me (hey, I liked the Steadfast Tin Soldier ok? xD). These days I’m so amazed by both films because part of me knows Disney would not take a gamble on projects like this today, but I really wish they would!