So glad that you reacted to this and that you enjoyed it. This movie is not only my favorite Disney film (this was my first introduction to Disney when I was a child) but it is one of my favorite films period. With booming music and fantastic animation, this movie remains as a wonderful example of legendary film-making and experimentation. also, fun fact, Mickey's master in the sorcerer's apprentice segment is named Yen Sid. Spelled backwards it's 'Disney' and was modeled after Walt Disney himself. the little eyebrow raise that he provides Mickey throughout the segment (25:25) is actually something that Walt did in real life and would give to his animators when he was displeased with something or didn't agree. finally, Bela Lugosi (the iconic star of the 1931 classic Dracula) was one of the inspirations behind the look of the devil in the final segment of Fantasia. with animation and body movement references from legendary animator Vladimir Tytla, the devil in Fantasia remains as the most evil villain that Walt Disney created and IMO the greatest and most powerful villain among the pantheon of other villains in the Disney lineup.
Thank you! Yeah I'm really glad y'all voted for this one 🤘 hahahaha omg I love that eyebrow thing 😹 love that they added it to the film also super cool about the segments name 🤘 Ooooo love all the info about the devil! Thank you for sharing! 😻
48:23 -wine comes from grapes (and just about anything else, it seems!). Stomp on them, and ferment them in barrels for a period of time and the wine is formed. Vinegar is fermented too. Yes, Cupid is from Roman mythology; Eros is the Greek equivalent. On Greek ceramics celebrating weddings, you can see little Eros figures hanging around. 54:00 How sad am I that you don't acknowledge when the true familiar section starts! This famous bit of music became even more famous when it was adapted for this intimate, serious number: ua-cam.com/video/er50h8W8vWg/v-deo.html
Since 2000, Deems Taylor's voice was re-recorded throughout by Corey Burton because most of the audio tracks to Taylor's restored scenes had deteriorated to the point that they could no longer be used Thats why it feels dubbed
@@TheCatPrideCinema The DVD restoration print is considered extended today, but is in fact its original form. The original VHS had no musical piece intros beyond a "paragraph-sized" explanation in contrast to the full commentary bookending per piece. For example, Taylor introduces the Pastoral as Beethoven's 6th "in a mythological setting", but never elaborates in commentary. Those segments of Taylor's intros DID survive on recording. But, as the previous commenter said, the studio figured scrapping the whole restoration attempt at the full tape (and I should clarify that some trivia says that chunks were lost) in favor of Burton (a voice actor with lots of credits) recording. ua-cam.com/video/NL5skeYNRD8/v-deo.html this is what Taylor sounded like
While the...narrator I guess, says that Night on Bald Mountain features "the devil", and that what happens is LIKE our own Halloween, it's actually featuring a German holiday called Walpurgis Night. This holiday is in reverence of Saint Walpurgis, and takes place on the night of April 30th, and the day of May 1st. And the "devil" featured here is often identified as the "Chernabog", which means "Black God" in the Slavic language. The Chernabog, in recent years, is often used as a sort of symbol of Walpurgis Night.
What you said about Deems Taylor's mouth not moving with the words he was speaking. I think for this updated version, they actually dubbed Taylor's original voice with another man. I used to have Fantasia on VHS and he did not sound at all the way he does in this version. If you watch Fantasia 2000, they use stock footage of this same opening dialogue to start the film. But Deems Taylor sounds so much different. Also, congrats on your partnership. 👍
This was a "Concept film" - It was originally envisioned as a "Concert feature" - The idea is that they would rotate segments in and out of it and release a new "Fantasia" every few years. They eventually DID do a "Fantasia 2" but it never became the ongoing experience they originally imagined. The Theme song for the original "Dracula" was actually "Swan Lake" Note that ALL the music in Fantasia is in the public domain. only the visuals are copyrighted for this.
The Sorcerer Yen Sid (whose name is Disney backwards) raises his one eyebrow was based on Walt Disney who did that whenever he is not satisfied with a drawing that the animators' did.
The demon, although referred to as Satan by Deems Taylor, is actual the demon Chernabog from Slavic legends. Fun fact: Bela Lugosi, who was famous for portraying Dracula posed for Chernabog but animator Bill Tytla (who was most known for being the head animator for The Seven Dwarfs in Snow White especially when Grumpy was kissed by Snow White and fell in love for a moment, Stromboli in Pinocchio and later did Dumbo, before leaving Disney during World War II after being fired from DIsney due to being involded in the Union, leading to the Disney Strike) didn't like the poses so he made director Wilfred Jackson to pose without a shirt and those he used for the animation of Chernabog.
The least noticed joke in Fantasia is, when Mickey is riding on the magic book like a raft and trying to read about how to stop the spell, nearly drowning, HE LICKS HIS FINGER TO TURN THE PAGE!
28:09 the general consensus is that T.rex was an active hunter but of course it would have scavenged on occasion. Just like many predators today, they won't turn down free food especially when it doesn't involve them risking injuries
One thing, as a classically trainee 2D animator AND 3D animator, hand drawn animation is much more impressive. When I see complex dynamics in 3D I think “ wow your software can do great things “ like the twirling dresses in Encanto. But when I see the flowers in this film swirling and turning…… someone had to draw that frame by frame. So much more talent than setting weights and parameters in a program anyone with money can buy and learn.
Disney had the Ave Maria sequence added because he felt the Night on Bald Mountain piece was too dark a note on which to end the movie. You should see the companion book that came out at the same time as the film. Gorgeous.
This movie was designed to be in surround sound before surround sound was a thing only a handful of theaters allowed Disney to prep their theaters for the full effect.
Ahhh, so you saw pics of Chernabog, fair. He is probably in the best segment. Lots of us loved his design too. Also, i was devastated as a kid they never really reused the pegasus/unicorn designs, thry were BEAUTIFUL. I mean, we kinda did in Pegasus in Hercules, but not really
As you've named the French Horn, I thought you might like this bit: ua-cam.com/video/AeX4y7eIyRM/v-deo.html (French Horn part starts at about 5:31, but all of it is fun). Anna Russell was a comedienne who specialized in parodies and satires of classical music, classical music tradition, and attitudes. Her most famous routine is her telling of the entire Ring Cycle, and if you know the Cycle, you kind of fall off your chair laughing. I wish I could find an a/v of my very favorite of her routines, the bagpipe, but here's the audio, anyway: ua-cam.com/video/xKWZbFNzFhs/v-deo.html
@@armagonarmagon3980 The Horned King, yes, a really scary villain. And one of those who for a moment get what they want; next to Ursula, Maleficent, Jafar.
Walt Disney wanted to re-release this film every so often, updating it by switching out different segments with new pieces of music and animation, but because of WWII going on at the time, Fantasia didn't make back the money it needed to be a hit. We wouldn't get a sequel until Fantasia 2000. Warner Bros. parodied the movie with the Looney Tunes short A Corny Concerto. Another movie you should add to your list to check out at some time is Make Mine Music. It's not a sequel to Fantasia but more of a follow-up. Instead of just music and animation, some of the segments in Make Mine Music have singing in them.
Another one that enjoyed a lot, lot of the initial stuff before the actual bits started, but also loved the Rite of Spring stuff with the lava and dinosaurs.
This film was originally going to be just the Sorcerer’s Apprentice segment as a short to refresh Mickey’s image before it grew into the full concert feature. By 1940 Donald had exceeded Mickey’s popularity. This was the premiere of Mickey’s more expressive face and black pupil eyes, as well as his Sorcerer costume which became as iconic as his classic look. The Master Sorcerer was eventually dubbed the name Yen Sid.
Fun Fact: The little mushroom in the Chinese Dance is known as Hop Lo. You may recognize 'Dance of the Hours' from Allen Sherman's parody song 'Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh'. ua-cam.com/video/4yFTOvO0utY/v-deo.html
Fantasia has some very famous segments, but the whole thing is more an experiment in visuals set to music . From very basic to full on animated stories! Enjoy the music and the interpretations !!
If you think of the carnivorous therapod as an allosaur instead of a tyrannosaur, it makes more sense (3 arms instead of T-rex's 2, longer arms), then the chronology works.
So much nostalgia! This is by far my favorite Disney movie. I used to watch the old VHS version with Deems Taylor’s original voice. Love your reaction.
Having watched this you might consider watching the animated 1976 Italian parody of "Fantasia" called "Allegro Non Troppo." It's quite funny and not disrespectful at all.
Did you know Igor Stravinsky was the only classical composer still alive at the time this movie was being made? So they had to buy the rights to The Rite of Spring. Also, the original ballet itself was actually written as basically a middle finger to the high-class Parisians who had quite racist views towards Russians believing them to be primitive. When it first permeated, it actually caused a riot during the middle of the ballet. ua-cam.com/video/6UKrmPoJv-k/v-deo.htmlsi=hDKFImN8FC74WnTP
The original intent of Fantasia was to release it as a yearly visual concert of sorts, adding and removing classical pieces as it went, but it wasn't successful enough for that. In the end, they only made one sequel, Fantasia 2000.
Hope you'll watch Fantasia 2000! For me, it's much better because they have the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the animators, and also Steve Martin, James Earl Jones, Bette Midler, and Angela Langsberry. It has eight segments. Seven are new, and one is from the original film, The Sorcerer's Apprentice as the intermission segment
Very much an underrated work of Walt's. Walt was hoping to bring this film back multiple times throughout his life with different music/animation switched in and out of the film like a live concert. Sadly, it wouldn't come to be during his life and pieces already animated for future versions of the film were repurposed to other upcoming films. It would take 59 years for another Fantasia to be released (specifically, Fantasia 2000, which was released to welcome the new millennia). It does a lot of what Walt wanted originally (of the 8 pieces shown, only one is from the original while the rest are new) but it does sorta abandon some of the original's ideals and made sure each musical moment had a story throughout the song. (Also, like the original, there were a couple extra songs made for future re-releases of the film but those ended up becoming bonus features/shorts added to DVD releases of Disney films they could tie the story to). On a more positive note, this was one of the first films ever to have surround sound (because Walt wanted to give viewers the ability to hear the music as if they were at a live concert).
You want old school Disney if you want their older live action stuff. I recommend 'Song of the South' and 'Pollyanna', and Mom loves the movie 'Darby O' Gill and the Little People'
Those are all swell films, but "Song of the South" is now considered problematic. It's very difficult to find for that reason. I can definitely see why some would say that and don't exactly disagree, but i also think it's a product of its time and a delightful piece of art/entertainment. I'll leave your personal moral judgment to you.
This movie had a weird release. Surround sound was invented for this movie, and they had to release it as a roadshow because of the equipment that needed to be installed to show it. They would have ushers in the theater to make it feel more like attending an opera. It was expensive and was originally a box office failure (but made lots of money on re releases)
A lot of films seperate the video and audio recordings. Its actually why the clacker thing exists for movie filming. It gives a clear point where audio and video sync. All the music should be public domain. Disney has paid a lot of money to make the time longer, but all the music in this should have been pd by the time the movie was made
Yeah, this is the first Disney movie using live action photage. It is also the first of a series of films called package films which consists of small segments rather than one story. Because of World War II the package films were made to make the Disney Studio stay afloat because Pinochhio, Fantasia and Bambi all flop the at box office for several facotrs including WWII cut off the European Market. It was also Disney's third film ever after Snow White and Bambi, and it is the first Disney media ever to have Mickey having eyes with pupils in them instead of having black eyes which he had in his earlier days in the 1920's and 30's, though the true debut for that look was on a flyer for Disney's Party in 1938.
While you could probably get away with calling the winged baby guys 'Cupids' or 'cherubs' (though neither is technically accurate), I think the actual term for them is 'putti', basically, li'l baby angels. They showed up a lot in Renaissance art, which I think the 'Dace of the Hours' segment homages a fair amount.
oh I LOVE Dumbo! it's sooo cute and so sad I can see why it's your fav! I used to rewatch it a lot when I was in school. The Pink Elephants were the best 😹😹😹
@@TheCatPrideCinemayes exactly! The pink elephants are my favorite too, glad someone finally agrees with me! It really is a great movie and definitely one I'd love to see you watch!
Classical music is usually public domain, but some a**hole might claim for copyright anyway, so yeah.... And that has happend to someone, something was public domain and some a**hole still claimed copyright on it. I don't remember the details.
In a few days the 1929 crop of Mickey Mouse cartoons hits public domain, 12 of them, there were only 3 from 1928 last new Year's which included Steamboat Willie. Still 11 more years until this movie is completely public domain, though
So glad that you reacted to this and that you enjoyed it. This movie is not only my favorite Disney film (this was my first introduction to Disney when I was a child) but it is one of my favorite films period. With booming music and fantastic animation, this movie remains as a wonderful example of legendary film-making and experimentation.
also, fun fact, Mickey's master in the sorcerer's apprentice segment is named Yen Sid. Spelled backwards it's 'Disney' and was modeled after Walt Disney himself. the little eyebrow raise that he provides Mickey throughout the segment (25:25) is actually something that Walt did in real life and would give to his animators when he was displeased with something or didn't agree.
finally, Bela Lugosi (the iconic star of the 1931 classic Dracula) was one of the inspirations behind the look of the devil in the final segment of Fantasia. with animation and body movement references from legendary animator Vladimir Tytla, the devil in Fantasia remains as the most evil villain that Walt Disney created and IMO the greatest and most powerful villain among the pantheon of other villains in the Disney lineup.
Thank you! Yeah I'm really glad y'all voted for this one 🤘
hahahaha omg I love that eyebrow thing 😹 love that they added it to the film
also super cool about the segments name 🤘
Ooooo love all the info about the devil! Thank you for sharing! 😻
48:23 -wine comes from grapes (and just about anything else, it seems!). Stomp on them, and ferment them in barrels for a period of time and the wine is formed. Vinegar is fermented too.
Yes, Cupid is from Roman mythology; Eros is the Greek equivalent. On Greek ceramics celebrating weddings, you can see little Eros figures hanging around.
54:00 How sad am I that you don't acknowledge when the true familiar section starts! This famous bit of music became even more famous when it was adapted for this intimate, serious number: ua-cam.com/video/er50h8W8vWg/v-deo.html
Since 2000, Deems Taylor's voice was re-recorded throughout by Corey Burton because most of the audio tracks to Taylor's restored scenes had deteriorated to the point that they could no longer be used
Thats why it feels dubbed
ohhhh I see! haha good to know, thank you 😋🤘
@@TheCatPrideCinema The DVD restoration print is considered extended today, but is in fact its original form. The original VHS had no musical piece intros beyond a "paragraph-sized" explanation in contrast to the full commentary bookending per piece. For example, Taylor introduces the Pastoral as Beethoven's 6th "in a mythological setting", but never elaborates in commentary. Those segments of Taylor's intros DID survive on recording. But, as the previous commenter said, the studio figured scrapping the whole restoration attempt at the full tape (and I should clarify that some trivia says that chunks were lost) in favor of Burton (a voice actor with lots of credits) recording. ua-cam.com/video/NL5skeYNRD8/v-deo.html this is what Taylor sounded like
While the...narrator I guess, says that Night on Bald Mountain features "the devil", and that what happens is LIKE our own Halloween, it's actually featuring a German holiday called Walpurgis Night. This holiday is in reverence of Saint Walpurgis, and takes place on the night of April 30th, and the day of May 1st. And the "devil" featured here is often identified as the "Chernabog", which means "Black God" in the Slavic language. The Chernabog, in recent years, is often used as a sort of symbol of Walpurgis Night.
That's so cool! 😋😋😋
Thank you for sharing! 😸😸😸
So back in the 1940s they still didn't know about the meteor so the extinction of the Dinosaurs is depicted in a different way
yeah that makes sense haha
What you said about Deems Taylor's mouth not moving with the words he was speaking.
I think for this updated version, they actually dubbed Taylor's original voice with another man.
I used to have Fantasia on VHS and he did not sound at all the way he does in this version.
If you watch Fantasia 2000, they use stock footage of this same opening dialogue to start the film. But Deems Taylor sounds so much different.
Also, congrats on your partnership. 👍
Yeah that makes a lot of sense - I thought my brain was going crazy for a moment there 😹
I'll look into Fantasia 2000 - it's on the list 😋
This was a "Concept film" - It was originally envisioned as a "Concert feature" - The idea is that they would rotate segments in and out of it and release a new "Fantasia" every few years. They eventually DID do a "Fantasia 2" but it never became the ongoing experience they originally imagined.
The Theme song for the original "Dracula" was actually "Swan Lake"
Note that ALL the music in Fantasia is in the public domain. only the visuals are copyrighted for this.
I watched this on the "Big Screen" back in the 1966 personally I was blown away by it, but then, I was a lover of classical music.
Ohh that must've been EPIC!
@@TheCatPrideCinema It was. It was a very different kind of experience.
The Sorcerer Yen Sid (whose name is Disney backwards) raises his one eyebrow was based on Walt Disney who did that whenever he is not satisfied with a drawing that the animators' did.
The demon, although referred to as Satan by Deems Taylor, is actual the demon Chernabog from Slavic legends. Fun fact: Bela Lugosi, who was famous for portraying Dracula posed for Chernabog but animator Bill Tytla (who was most known for being the head animator for The Seven Dwarfs in Snow White especially when Grumpy was kissed by Snow White and fell in love for a moment, Stromboli in Pinocchio and later did Dumbo, before leaving Disney during World War II after being fired from DIsney due to being involded in the Union, leading to the Disney Strike) didn't like the poses so he made director Wilfred Jackson to pose without a shirt and those he used for the animation of Chernabog.
The least noticed joke in Fantasia is, when Mickey is riding on the magic book like a raft and trying to read about how to stop the spell, nearly drowning, HE LICKS HIS FINGER TO TURN THE PAGE!
28:09 the general consensus is that T.rex was an active hunter but of course it would have scavenged on occasion. Just like many predators today, they won't turn down free food especially when it doesn't involve them risking injuries
16:09 The fish in Fantasia were animated by Don Lusk, who animated most scenes of Cleo the goldfish from Pinocchio. 🙂
CLEO! Yes! That was the name hahaha
well, no wonder the fish looked familiar 😹😹😹
Night on Bald Mountain been my favorite part since I was a kid.
Never known of anybody reacting to Fantasia before. Super cool! 🤘👍
I can see why! It's really epic!
I'm glad you enjoyed the reaction 😋
One thing, as a classically trainee 2D animator AND 3D animator, hand drawn animation is much more impressive. When I see complex dynamics in 3D I think “ wow your software can do great things “ like the twirling dresses in Encanto. But when I see the flowers in this film swirling and turning…… someone had to draw that frame by frame. So much more talent than setting weights and parameters in a program anyone with money can buy and learn.
yeah I agree - anything that's hand-drawn is just soooo amazing and impressive! Especially when you weigh in how time-consuming it is lol 🤘
I've always loved The Sorcerer's Apprentice! Brings back so much good Mickey Mouse nostalgia! ❤❤❤❤💙💙💙💙✨✨✨✨🧹🧹🧹🧹🌊🌊🌊🌊
it's a fun segment that's for sure 😹
@@TheCatPrideCinema It reminds me of one of my favorite Disneyland nighttime shows, Fantasmic!
A night on bald mountain is still my favorite classical piece ever written
it's so good!
@TheCatPrideCinema Ya it is. My favorite version is from Sir Adrian Boult
Disney had the Ave Maria sequence added because he felt the Night on Bald Mountain piece was too dark a note on which to end the movie.
You should see the companion book that came out at the same time as the film. Gorgeous.
ohh I see, that's interesting!
I'll look into the book as well 😋🤘
My childhood worst nightmare.
Night on the Bald Mountain was my favorite part of the movie, even as a child. When you know who you are 🖤
I mean it really is THE most epic part of the film haha
This movie was designed to be in surround sound before surround sound was a thing only a handful of theaters allowed Disney to prep their theaters for the full effect.
If you've ever seen the Back to the Future films, the wacky scientist's appearance is based on Leopold Stokowski.
I watched the first one many years ago and barely remember it! I really should watch them haha
In the 1940s, my grandparents saw that movie as their first date and she kept her movie ticket all that time…
aww I love that 😭 that's so sweet!
Ahhh, so you saw pics of Chernabog, fair. He is probably in the best segment. Lots of us loved his design too.
Also, i was devastated as a kid they never really reused the pegasus/unicorn designs, thry were BEAUTIFUL. I mean, we kinda did in Pegasus in Hercules, but not really
yeah I saw pics and some videos of the scene but still such a good part of the movie!
right?? the pegasus designs look soooo pretty in this film!
As you've named the French Horn, I thought you might like this bit: ua-cam.com/video/AeX4y7eIyRM/v-deo.html (French Horn part starts at about 5:31, but all of it is fun).
Anna Russell was a comedienne who specialized in parodies and satires of classical music, classical music tradition, and attitudes. Her most famous routine is her telling of the entire Ring Cycle, and if you know the Cycle, you kind of fall off your chair laughing. I wish I could find an a/v of my very favorite of her routines, the bagpipe, but here's the audio, anyway: ua-cam.com/video/xKWZbFNzFhs/v-deo.html
7:32 😳😳😳😳😳😳 you are gorgeous without the full on makeup and styling.
haha thank you 😋
@@TheCatPrideCinemaBoth ways, really.
You going to see Fantasia 2000 next?
it's on my watchlist so I will get to it eventually 😸
19:39 You have to! It's wonderful 💀 It's based on a high fantasy book saga called Chronicles of Prydan.
Agree! It has in my opinion one of the best Disney villains in terms of concept. I think he got a lot more intimidating in terms of design in the film
@@armagonarmagon3980 The Horned King, yes, a really scary villain. And one of those who for a moment get what they want; next to Ursula, Maleficent, Jafar.
Oooo didn't know that!
And yes The Black Cauldron is on the list and I'm hoping to watch it soon 😋
Walt Disney wanted to re-release this film every so often, updating it by switching out different segments with new pieces of music and animation, but because of WWII going on at the time, Fantasia didn't make back the money it needed to be a hit. We wouldn't get a sequel until Fantasia 2000. Warner Bros. parodied the movie with the Looney Tunes short A Corny Concerto. Another movie you should add to your list to check out at some time is Make Mine Music. It's not a sequel to Fantasia but more of a follow-up. Instead of just music and animation, some of the segments in Make Mine Music have singing in them.
oh wow! Thank you for sharing! 🤘
thank you also for the recommendation! I'll look into it and add it to the list 😋
@@TheCatPrideCinema You're welcome
Another one that enjoyed a lot, lot of the initial stuff before the actual bits started, but also loved the Rite of Spring stuff with the lava and dinosaurs.
Rite of Spring is a good one that's for sure 😋
My favorite film of all time.
"It's been a long day without you my friend..."
I love this one! And it's definitely improved by having orchestral knowledge, I will agree.
This film was originally going to be just the Sorcerer’s Apprentice segment as a short to refresh Mickey’s image before it grew into the full concert feature. By 1940 Donald had exceeded Mickey’s popularity. This was the premiere of Mickey’s more expressive face and black pupil eyes, as well as his Sorcerer costume which became as iconic as his classic look. The Master Sorcerer was eventually dubbed the name Yen Sid.
Ohhhh that's so cool 😋
Nice mention of the Theia collision during the Rite of Spring!
haha thank you 😋🤘
I saw a live orchestra do Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 mix with the movie playing in the background and it was incredible.
oh wow! that sounds so cool!
As a violinist I grew up watching this multiple times and I loved watching this. I’ve played all of these pieces.
ohh that's so cool! How long have you played the violin for?
Fun Fact: The little mushroom in the Chinese Dance is known as Hop Lo.
You may recognize 'Dance of the Hours' from Allen Sherman's parody song 'Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh'. ua-cam.com/video/4yFTOvO0utY/v-deo.html
Honestly....Thanks to this movie I fall in love with Classical music🎶 and I still love it 🥰
I can see why! Classical music is amazing and the way they use it in the film is awesome 😋
To answer a question you had. Some of the very first films Disney made in the 1920's were a live person combined with animation.
Ohh I see 😋
It’s funny when you posted this I was watching the 2000 versions
Plus welcome back 🎉
omg no way hahaha 😹
thank you! 😋
Ever watch a movie of the Marx Brothers? I highly recomend it, their movies are super fun
I don't think I have! I'll have to look into it and be sure 😋
Fantasia has some very famous segments, but the whole thing is more an experiment in visuals set to music . From very basic to full on animated stories! Enjoy the music and the interpretations !!
So happy you reacted to this! And you did not disappoint!
Thank you! 😋 Glad you enjoyed it! It was a fun time watching the film 😋
If you think of the carnivorous therapod as an allosaur instead of a tyrannosaur, it makes more sense (3 arms instead of T-rex's 2, longer arms), then the chronology works.
yeah that's true haha
I mean I think they mentioned the T-Rex before the part started but yeah technicaly an Allosaurus makes more sense lol
So much nostalgia! This is by far my favorite Disney movie. I used to watch the old VHS version with Deems Taylor’s original voice. Love your reaction.
Oooo I bet the orignal was so fun to watch! 😋
Thank you! Happy to hear you enjoy the reaction 😸
Having watched this you might consider watching the animated 1976 Italian parody of "Fantasia" called "Allegro Non Troppo." It's quite funny and not disrespectful at all.
omg a parody? 😹😹😹😹😹
I'll look into it and add it to the list
@@TheCatPrideCinema Enjoy.
Did you know Igor Stravinsky was the only classical composer still alive at the time this movie was being made? So they had to buy the rights to The Rite of Spring. Also, the original ballet itself was actually written as basically a middle finger to the high-class Parisians who had quite racist views towards Russians believing them to be primitive. When it first permeated, it actually caused a riot during the middle of the ballet.
ua-cam.com/video/6UKrmPoJv-k/v-deo.htmlsi=hDKFImN8FC74WnTP
really?? Ooo I had no diea! Thank you for sharing! 😋
The original intent of Fantasia was to release it as a yearly visual concert of sorts, adding and removing classical pieces as it went, but it wasn't successful enough for that. In the end, they only made one sequel, Fantasia 2000.
oh really? Aww that's a shame...
at least it got a sequel 😅
Congratulations on being officially partnered with UA-cam.
Thank you! 😋
@@TheCatPrideCinema You're welcome, dear one.
Hope you'll watch Fantasia 2000! For me, it's much better because they have the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the animators, and also Steve Martin, James Earl Jones, Bette Midler, and Angela Langsberry. It has eight segments. Seven are new, and one is from the original film, The Sorcerer's Apprentice as the intermission segment
Ooooo nice! I've added it to the list 😋
Very much an underrated work of Walt's. Walt was hoping to bring this film back multiple times throughout his life with different music/animation switched in and out of the film like a live concert. Sadly, it wouldn't come to be during his life and pieces already animated for future versions of the film were repurposed to other upcoming films.
It would take 59 years for another Fantasia to be released (specifically, Fantasia 2000, which was released to welcome the new millennia). It does a lot of what Walt wanted originally (of the 8 pieces shown, only one is from the original while the rest are new) but it does sorta abandon some of the original's ideals and made sure each musical moment had a story throughout the song. (Also, like the original, there were a couple extra songs made for future re-releases of the film but those ended up becoming bonus features/shorts added to DVD releases of Disney films they could tie the story to).
On a more positive note, this was one of the first films ever to have surround sound (because Walt wanted to give viewers the ability to hear the music as if they were at a live concert).
Ohh that's so interesting! Thank you for the information 😋
I'll have to look into Fantasia 2000 😸
So much of this movie I look at as a 3D animator and think “ yeah we would just use particles and physics to do that.” These ARTISTS drew this stuff
that's so cool you're a 3D animator! How long have you been in the field for?
You want old school Disney if you want their older live action stuff. I recommend 'Song of the South' and 'Pollyanna', and Mom loves the movie 'Darby O' Gill and the Little People'
Oooo I'll look into them and add them to the list 😋
Those are all swell films, but "Song of the South" is now considered problematic. It's very difficult to find for that reason. I can definitely see why some would say that and don't exactly disagree, but i also think it's a product of its time and a delightful piece of art/entertainment. I'll leave your personal moral judgment to you.
This movie had a weird release. Surround sound was invented for this movie, and they had to release it as a roadshow because of the equipment that needed to be installed to show it. They would have ushers in the theater to make it feel more like attending an opera. It was expensive and was originally a box office failure (but made lots of money on re releases)
oh wow that's interesting that they had to do that lol.
Must've been quite the task!
Rite of Spring happens to be my favorite since I've been a huge fan of dinosaurs ever since I was a kid
eyyy *high five* fellow dino geek 🤘🤘🤘
dinosaurs are cool 😻😻😻
A lot of films seperate the video and audio recordings. Its actually why the clacker thing exists for movie filming. It gives a clear point where audio and video sync.
All the music should be public domain. Disney has paid a lot of money to make the time longer, but all the music in this should have been pd by the time the movie was made
oh that's interesting! Thank you for the info 😋
the dinosaur still gives me PTSD-- T.T
I can see why 😅😹
Yeah, this is the first Disney movie using live action photage. It is also the first of a series of films called package films which consists of small segments rather than one story. Because of World War II the package films were made to make the Disney Studio stay afloat because Pinochhio, Fantasia and Bambi all flop the at box office for several facotrs including WWII cut off the European Market. It was also Disney's third film ever after Snow White and Bambi, and it is the first Disney media ever to have Mickey having eyes with pupils in them instead of having black eyes which he had in his earlier days in the 1920's and 30's, though the true debut for that look was on a flyer for Disney's Party in 1938.
No, it's not the first Disney film to use live action. Their very early work had live actors.
@lisathuban8969 Though they were blended with animation. This is the first time with 100 % live action photage.
While you could probably get away with calling the winged baby guys 'Cupids' or 'cherubs' (though neither is technically accurate), I think the actual term for them is 'putti', basically, li'l baby angels. They showed up a lot in Renaissance art, which I think the 'Dace of the Hours' segment homages a fair amount.
...'DANCE of the Hours' - 'dace'? What the hell?
Ohh fair enough! That's cool tho 😋 thank you for sharing!
haha story of my life 😹
I'd love to see you watch the original Dumbo, that was my absolute favorite, still is!
oh I LOVE Dumbo! it's sooo cute and so sad
I can see why it's your fav! I used to rewatch it a lot when I was in school. The Pink Elephants were the best 😹😹😹
@@TheCatPrideCinemayes exactly! The pink elephants are my favorite too, glad someone finally agrees with me! It really is a great movie and definitely one I'd love to see you watch!
@@coreym1868 hell yeah! *High Five*!
it's such a great one! I'll consider rewatching it for the channel 😸
@@TheCatPrideCinemathank you so much that would be awesome!
I assume you got the edited version, without the zebra centaur. Not sure she exists outside the VHS
you assumed correctly, I didn't see the zebra centaur lol 😹
Great reaction! By the way the name of the devil at the end is Czernobog.
Thank you! :D
Thank you for the info as well 😋
Fact that the Sorcerer's name Yen-Sid is Disney spelled backwards
Was amazing at 🤔9?..as it is today 🔥🤘
Ah yes. I remember that movie.
Fantasia came out in 1940 land before time was 1988
Edit: commented this while watching, then you went and looked it up during.
Classic Disney.Lasted Until 2010.😢
Classical music is usually public domain, but some a**hole might claim for copyright anyway, so yeah....
And that has happend to someone, something was public domain and some a**hole still claimed copyright on it. I don't remember the details.
yeah exactly... you never know what could be public domain one day but have that taken away the next 😣
Maybe you can react to Steamboat Willie since it is in the public domain.
In a few days the 1929 crop of Mickey Mouse cartoons hits public domain, 12 of them, there were only 3 from 1928 last new Year's which included Steamboat Willie. Still 11 more years until this movie is completely public domain, though
@gugurupurasudaikirai7620 11 years to see a killer broom movie.
@@Travis_D_Travesty Only 8 years until we get a movie with Snow White massacring forest creatures :)
I'll add it to the list 😋
It wasn’t until after Fantasia that they started using toccata and fugue in d minor for Dracula.
no idea what that means but that sounds cool haha
Dinosaurs weren't very smart, they couldn't even build a space craft to leave the planet and instead killed themselves of with nuclear winter ;)
Do you think you will react to Mulan?
I've seen it maaany times 😹 LOVE IT! 😻😻😻
The centaur scene had to remove and edit some stuff because one of the centaurs was wildly racist, especially by todays standards.
You know what you remind me of gabby smolders jacksepticeyes partner and you sound like her aswell like your videos as well
aww that's so sweet! 😋 I think I've only seen a bit of her content but she seems sweet 😋