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Fantasia (1940)
This is a movie that cannot be divided into genres. It has music, animation, dance, and real-life commentary, just like the commentator said in the film: "This is a new art form." For such a movie, I can’t evaluate it in the traditional way, just talk about my feelings.
Let me introduce the content of this movie first. This film breaks the usual routines. Generally, film music is used to interpret the pictures, but this film does the opposite, using animation to interpret music. The film is composed of eight segments, each of which uses different styles of pictures to interpret a classic work by a master of music. The eight musical works are: Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor", Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite", Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring", Beethoven's " Pastoral Symphony, Ponchielli’s “Time Dance”, Mussorgsky’s “Night in the Barren Mountains”, Schubert’s “Maria Street” and Dukas’s “The Wizard’s Apprentice”. And, in the gap between each musical work, a narrator tells the specific musical background and the content of the picture. The above is all the content contained in this movie, which lasts more than two hours.
The movies used are all classical music. For someone who has never been in contact with classical music, it is very difficult to understand the music in the movie, let alone the scenes deduced by animation. However, I can more or less appreciate the beauty of classical music-the pleasure of being immersed in the music atmosphere will make the whole body very comfortable. After listening to these music, I gradually understood the charm of classical music. In addition, the works of these music masters have been many years away from modern times, and they can still be passed down to this day. It also proves from the side that only classical music can become handed down classics, and modern popular songs are often the products of commercialization.
For the eight parts of the movie, the favorite piece of music is "The Nutcracker Suite", which is elegant and soothing, which is very suitable for one person to enjoy when it is quiet. What I like the most in the animation is the picture in "The Pastoral Symphony". The various horses, flying horses, and the gods in the sky are all too cute, and this animation is very closely integrated with the music, just as much. Custom-made in general. However, the most closely integrated picture and music is the piece of music written for animation "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". Its music is made for pictures, and this is truly tailor-made.
Mickey, a classic Disney animation character, also appeared in this movie. This is the first time I saw it in a movie. Of course, the movie here does not refer to TV. In this film, Mickey is the male protagonist of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", a bad student who wants to be lazy. After seeing this film, I finally realized that Mickey was not always a positive image, and sometimes he did negative teaching materials.
The above is the feeling of a layman watching this classical music cartoon. In general, this kind of art form is very novel and great, and it can also bring the audience a better way to appreciate classical music. Unfortunately, there is no market for such movies. Who would spend money to watch a movie without plot? If you want to listen to music, it's better to go to the concert, which feels much more real than the movie. Therefore, there is only such a "Fantasia" in the world.
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2011-09-21
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