FANTASIA 2000

Let me tell you a story


Growing up, my dad had taken the liberty to buy this disney classic and play it for us on the old VCR player we owned. It was called Fantasia

That would probably be the piece of childhood I didn't want to let go off. It is beautiful, and we could sing all the music the whole day. That probably sparked my interest in music and art. It was only much later that we probably realised we had been watching the original 1940 film all along. 

And the there has been a new one all along.

Being a die-hard fantasia fan, it was kind of short compared to the original, but nothing less from Disney. The beauty of fantasia was that you didn't need to study music seriously to understand and appreciate it, you could just watch their animation to the music. I never knew any of the titles to the songs, just humming them along when I felt rather bored. 

There is not much of a dialogue, banking largely on music and the animation to tell a story. Be warned, not everyone may appreciate it. Especially you think you're always right. 

Enjoy.