The Fantasia Anthology (3-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Ben Sharpsteen, Bill Roberts, Charles A. Nichols, Don Hahn, Eric Goldberg
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Actor: Corey Burton, Deems Taylor, James Levine, Leopold Stokowski, Steve MartinDirector: Ben Sharpsteen, Bill Roberts, Charles A. Nichols, Don Hahn, Eric Goldberg
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.0; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.0
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
DVD Release Date: 2000-11-14
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
DVD Reviews of The Fantasia Anthology (3-Disc Collector's Edition)
DVD Review: ARTISTRY IN ANIMATION, MUSIC & THE COMPUTER ALL PUT TO FANTASTIC EFFECT
Summary: 5 Stars
IN A NUTSHELL: LET FANTASIA SPEAK FOR ITSELF & IT SPEAKS MAGICALLY
I have hesitated to comment on this, "The Fantasia Anthology (3-Disc Collector's Edition)" simply because I feel I can't possibly describe it adequately. The Fantasia Anthology is a transcendental, magical mystery trek into an animated world made alive with music. Excellent music and Excellent animation.
EXCELLENT MUSIC & EXCELLENT ANIMATION
One thing must be considered while viewing either Fantasia or Fantasia 2000; these pieces may take time for one to fully appreciate all their sensory richness. This is true - really! I can recall the first time I saw the original Fantasia with my oldest son around 1984. [Somehow this is one Disney feature I missed when I was growing up.] I can recall that he and I were both waiting through the first two segments for the 'story' to begin. Really, we had no idea what Fantasia was all about and it seemed completely off-the-beam. Where was the story? When were characters going to start talking? What was it that we were watching. This is significant, because although I can to truly love seeing and hearing Fantasia, as often as possible, I had almost the same reaction to Fantasia 2000, when I first saw it 6 years ago. The difference is that I 'thought' I knew what to expect - I was wrong. For several years and about two dozen viewings Fantasia 2000 was not terribly interesting or moving, but gradually my attitude toward it grew fonder until now, when I enjoy both the original and new Fantasia almost equally well. Obviously, the delay in appreciating both Fantasias' is derived from subjective, emotional sources from within.
WHAT FANTASIA AND FANTASIA 2000 ARE ALL ABOUT:
The legend of the birth of Fantasia goes something like this: The animated short produced for the "SILLY SYMPHONY" series titled, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" was considered too good and also too costly not to be the centerpiece of a Disney Feature Film. Problem was, that as grand and expensive as it was, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" was only eight minutes long. So strong was this notion that this animated sequence even found its way into Fantasia 2000, as a kind of commemorative to the original impetus for producing the first Fantasia in the first place. The result in 1940 was a 125 minute animated epic which featured the famous Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra plus a plethora of new arrangements for classic music.
Obviously, the new arrangements by Leopold Stokowski were made to condense these pieces and to match them to the action more neatly. In all, there were 8 [including "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"] musical animated pieces with appropriate narration by music famous music critic [and composer] Deems Taylor. It worked wonderfully, but believe it or not it lost money and hurt Walt Disney deeply and personally. Though Walt Disney originally planned to keep Fantasia alive by adding peices periodically and showing it around the county like a kind of 'road-show' the lack of commercial success wrecked his plan and the update in Fantasia waited until 1999 and 'Fantasia 2000'. Sadly, Fantasia 2000 was not a big money-maker either, but it will probably endure as the original Fantasia has forever.
WHAT YOU GET IN THIS FANTASIA PACKAGE
-----> THE ANIMATED SEGMENTS OF 'FANTASIA' -
1] "TOCCATA & FUGUE IN D MINOR" - J.S. BACH - 'OPENING SEGMENT' - introduces the Fantasia concept to the audience. In essence, a story with a lack of story but plenty of appropriate visual stimulation and great music!
2] "THE NUTCRACKER SUITE" - PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY - 'OLD STANDARD' now we can see what one might imagine while listening to this great classic!
3] "THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE" - PAUL DUKAS - FAMOUS MICKEY MOUSE SEGMENT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SLATED FOR SILLY SYMPHONIES BUT IT COST SO DARN MUCH TO PRODUCE!
4] "THE RITE OF SPRING" - IGOR STRAVINSKY - 'STORY OF EVOLUTION' - includes dinosaurs! This segment was to incredible that Ray Harryhausen [revealed in an interview within the special features of his video trilogy collection] decided not to develop an evolution story line using stop-action-animation. Dinosaurs for him would take a different route.
5] "THE PASTORAL SYMPHONY {6th} - LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 'CHERUBS & CENTAURS' - love story for human-esque beings with perfect music for the occasion and setting or vica versa!
6] "DANCE OF THE HOURS" - AMILCARE PONCHIELLI - we've got hippos and alligators and naughty elephants and more. And they are all dancing to the music!
7] "NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN" - MODESTE MOUSSORGSKY 'HALLOWEEN CLASSIC REPRESENTING THE PROFANE' - for years I wondered where this segment came from as it was inserted in many Disney Halloween specials in part. Warning - this segment is a bit scary!
8] "AVE MARIA" - FRANZ SCHUBERT - 'REPRESENTATION OF THE SACRED' - emotionally moving vocalizaton with a sacred procession moving on by torchlight as the theme plays on!
-----> THE ANIMATED SEGMENTS OF 'FANTASIA 2000' -
1] "BEETHOVEN'S 5th SYMPHONY"
2] "RESPIGI'S PINES OF ROME"
3] "GERSHWIN'S RAPSODY IN BLUE"
4] "SHASTAKOVICH'S PIANO CONCERTO NO.2"
5] "DUKA'S SORCERER'S APPRENTICE"
6] "SAINT-SAENS' CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS"
7] "ELGAR'S POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE"
8] "STRAVINSKY'S FIREBIRD SUITE"
BOTTOM LINE: BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TEAMED WITH WHIMSICALLY SENSATIONAL ANIMATION
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