Animated August 2024: Fantasia (1940)

Animation is a highly flexible medium of filmmaking that allows for anything at all to exist in a movie. It also reveals a lot about the people who work on it through their brushstrokes, styles, techniques, and so on. Animation truly has limitless potential. In this series, Tony will explore some of the great animated classics that  defined animation for generations, as well as those that may not have received the cultural praise they deserved but were still technical achievements on their own. Here's to all the animators of the world!

Fantasia is without a doubt one of the most iconic movies in both Disney and Animation history, being responsible for some breathtaking and stunning visuals mixed with timeless classical music. Today, Tony returns to one of his formative moviegoing experiences and reflects on why he loves Fantasia so much.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:40 The Sorcerer's Apprentice
• 2:42 The Night on Bald Mountain
• 4:46 Toccata and Fugue in D minor
• 7:10 Addressing the Rite of Spring and the Pastoral Symphony
• 8:39 The Fantastic Failure of Fantasia
• 11:23 The One Criticism Tony Cannot Stand
• 12:08 Why Fantasia Remains Relevant Today
• 13:20 Outro