Get behind these lessons from the man behind the mouse.
What would Walt Disney have thought of the new live-action Beauty and the Beast? What would he have thought of the 1991 animated version? While there are so many questions we’d love to have answered about the man’s take on the modern world, it’s best to look at what we can still learn from such an iconic figure 50 years after his death.
Disney remains an inspiration for students of business in particular, but a lot of his words of wisdom originated with and still speak to the art of filmmaking and creators in general. We highlight six such tips for writers, directors, animators, and more below.
Set Your Goals Early
Disney was still just a child when he figured out what he was good at and what he wanted to do with his life. At 14, he was already in art school. At...
What would Walt Disney have thought of the new live-action Beauty and the Beast? What would he have thought of the 1991 animated version? While there are so many questions we’d love to have answered about the man’s take on the modern world, it’s best to look at what we can still learn from such an iconic figure 50 years after his death.
Disney remains an inspiration for students of business in particular, but a lot of his words of wisdom originated with and still speak to the art of filmmaking and creators in general. We highlight six such tips for writers, directors, animators, and more below.
Set Your Goals Early
Disney was still just a child when he figured out what he was good at and what he wanted to do with his life. At 14, he was already in art school. At...
- 3/15/2017
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Disney is bringing their treasure trove of their short films from the last deacde and a half to blu-ray/DVD for you and your family to enjoy together in one complete set. Come inside to learn more about the shorts being collected!
With each new release, Disney continues their tradition of having a short animated film play before their movies, and now they're brining all of their latest (including this year's Frozen Fever) together in one collection on Blu-Ray/DVD...and it's available Now!
From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes an extraordinary new collection of award-winning and beloved short films featuring the never-before-released Frozen Fever, starring Frozen's Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Sven and Kristoff, and the Oscar®-nominated Lorenzo. The Short Films Collection features contemporary shorts starring classic characters, including the 2012 groundbreaking Mickey Mouse cartoon, Get A Horse!, holiday treats like Prep & Landing: Operation Secret Santa as well as hailed Oscar® winners Paperman and Feast.
With each new release, Disney continues their tradition of having a short animated film play before their movies, and now they're brining all of their latest (including this year's Frozen Fever) together in one collection on Blu-Ray/DVD...and it's available Now!
From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes an extraordinary new collection of award-winning and beloved short films featuring the never-before-released Frozen Fever, starring Frozen's Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Sven and Kristoff, and the Oscar®-nominated Lorenzo. The Short Films Collection features contemporary shorts starring classic characters, including the 2012 groundbreaking Mickey Mouse cartoon, Get A Horse!, holiday treats like Prep & Landing: Operation Secret Santa as well as hailed Oscar® winners Paperman and Feast.
- 8/18/2015
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Surrealism as a cinematic genre goes further back in time than some people may realise. Although many contemporary films are described as ‘being Surreal’ or as having ‘Surrealist qualities’, the original films go back to the early 1900s and peaked during the 1920s. This was the era when the movement was at its peak and artists including Salvador Dalí and directors like Luis Buñuel were at their most active. The films made during this time have infiltrated popular culture in a variety of ways and, although you may not have seen the originals, you will have likely seen them homaged in works by Alfred Hitchcock, episodes of The Simpsons and films by David Lynch. Surrealism is all around us.
One of the best-known examples of Surrealist cinema is Un chien andalou, the 1928 short film by Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel in their campaign ‘for a revolution of the mind’. Indeed,...
One of the best-known examples of Surrealist cinema is Un chien andalou, the 1928 short film by Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel in their campaign ‘for a revolution of the mind’. Indeed,...
- 8/20/2014
- by Sabina Stent
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Not to be confused with that time Salvador Dali and Walt Disney collaborated on a short film (yes, seriously), “Destino” also exhibited a curious mix of the lighthearted and the utterly grotesque. From Ray’s stroll downtown (especially later when he looks up at Charlotte in a shot that emphasized the space between her legs) to the naked bath salts DJ and, especially for me, Linder’s quick reversal on talking to Sara Vega (the abrupt shift from the grandiose “I’m not a messenger, I’m a conduit,” to, “Okay. Don’t cry,” killed me), the episode’s first half contrasted well with its second. The Bridge is a very heavy show so when comic moments like these peek through, especially in the same episode as a tense shoot-out, they really shine. “Destino” didn’t just provide some laughs amidst the usual fog of dread and despair,...
Not to be confused with that time Salvador Dali and Walt Disney collaborated on a short film (yes, seriously), “Destino” also exhibited a curious mix of the lighthearted and the utterly grotesque. From Ray’s stroll downtown (especially later when he looks up at Charlotte in a shot that emphasized the space between her legs) to the naked bath salts DJ and, especially for me, Linder’s quick reversal on talking to Sara Vega (the abrupt shift from the grandiose “I’m not a messenger, I’m a conduit,” to, “Okay. Don’t cry,” killed me), the episode’s first half contrasted well with its second. The Bridge is a very heavy show so when comic moments like these peek through, especially in the same episode as a tense shoot-out, they really shine. “Destino” didn’t just provide some laughs amidst the usual fog of dread and despair,...
- 8/23/2013
- by Joseph Kratzer
- Obsessed with Film
'Destino' is an animated short film released in 2003 by Disney, the short is a collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dalí. Its production originally began in 1945 and took 58 years before its eventual completion.
'Destino' was storyboarded by Disney studio artist John Hench and artist Salvador Dalí for eight months in late 1945 and 1946; however production ceased not long after. The Walt Disney Company, then Walt Disney Studios, was plagued by many financial woes in the World War II era. Hench compiled a short animation test of about 17 seconds in the hopes of rekindling Disney's interest in the project, but the production was no longer deemed financially viable and put on indefinite hiatus.
In 1999, Walt Disney's nephew Roy E. Disney, while working on Fantasia 2000, unearthed the dormant project and decided to bring it back to life. Disney Studios France, the company's small Parisian production department, was brought...
'Destino' was storyboarded by Disney studio artist John Hench and artist Salvador Dalí for eight months in late 1945 and 1946; however production ceased not long after. The Walt Disney Company, then Walt Disney Studios, was plagued by many financial woes in the World War II era. Hench compiled a short animation test of about 17 seconds in the hopes of rekindling Disney's interest in the project, but the production was no longer deemed financially viable and put on indefinite hiatus.
In 1999, Walt Disney's nephew Roy E. Disney, while working on Fantasia 2000, unearthed the dormant project and decided to bring it back to life. Disney Studios France, the company's small Parisian production department, was brought...
- 12/20/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
Fantasia, released in 1940, has astounded generations with Disney’s impeccable animation coupled with a greatest hits of classical music’s best. During a concert last weekend at the Hollywood Bowl featuring the Bowl Orchestra playing in front of images from the film, a surprise emerged for Disney fans: A scene from the classic that was once thought lost and never before performed live.
There were a few surprises that evening including music cut from the original film and not placed in its 2000 sequel. The Swan of Tuonela was featured as well as Destino, an iconic collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dali.
For Movie Fanatic, the big news was the debut of footage that accompanied Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune and we’ve got the video! The tune was placed in the DVD version, but has never been performed with a live orchestra.
Sit back and enjoy Disney at...
There were a few surprises that evening including music cut from the original film and not placed in its 2000 sequel. The Swan of Tuonela was featured as well as Destino, an iconic collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dali.
For Movie Fanatic, the big news was the debut of footage that accompanied Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune and we’ve got the video! The tune was placed in the DVD version, but has never been performed with a live orchestra.
Sit back and enjoy Disney at...
- 8/25/2011
- by webmaster@moviefanatic.com (Movie Fanatic Staff)
- Reel Movie News
May Flowers In Bloom
Ja from Mnpp here. Today would've been the 107th birthday of the flower man-child seen above, Salvador Dali. While he's best known as a painter - the melting clocks, the over-abundance of inappropriately-placed eyeballs - he of course made several well-known and loved contributions to the cinema too. And no, not just that movie with Robert Pattinson doing the gay stuff uncomfortably. Where would we be without Un Chien Andalou's edit from a razor at a woman's face to a cloud slicing through a moon?
He and Luis Buñuel wrote that script in a cafe in 1929 while Buñuel directed; they would go on to work together on L’Âge d’Or the next year, where they supposedly had a falling out over some of the anti-clerical content in the film, which was an attack on religion and politics alike. And so a pattern was set...
Ja from Mnpp here. Today would've been the 107th birthday of the flower man-child seen above, Salvador Dali. While he's best known as a painter - the melting clocks, the over-abundance of inappropriately-placed eyeballs - he of course made several well-known and loved contributions to the cinema too. And no, not just that movie with Robert Pattinson doing the gay stuff uncomfortably. Where would we be without Un Chien Andalou's edit from a razor at a woman's face to a cloud slicing through a moon?
He and Luis Buñuel wrote that script in a cafe in 1929 while Buñuel directed; they would go on to work together on L’Âge d’Or the next year, where they supposedly had a falling out over some of the anti-clerical content in the film, which was an attack on religion and politics alike. And so a pattern was set...
- 5/11/2011
- by JA
- FilmExperience
There’s a group of films, I’ll call them “Unimpeachable Classics”, that show up constantly on critics’ best-film lists, films that have achieved canonical status despite serious flaws or being hopelessly dated. These films get canonized because they A) accurately embody a moment of zeitgeist, B) overflow with pathos, or C) have been so well-loved by past critics that modern ones (a cowardly lot) refuse to dethrone or declaim them. The “Unimpeachable Classic”, not to be confused with an actual classic film, is always overrated, but the individual films vary in quality. Some are good but not great (Chinatown, The Graduate), some are mediocre (Rebel Without a Cause, Ben Hur) and some are just plain bad (Gone With the Wind.)
Fantasia is definitely an “Unimpeachable Classic”, although it is one of the better examples from the list. A series of animations by Walt Disney set to and inspired by eight different classical music pieces,...
Fantasia is definitely an “Unimpeachable Classic”, although it is one of the better examples from the list. A series of animations by Walt Disney set to and inspired by eight different classical music pieces,...
- 1/6/2011
- by Willie Osterweil
- JustPressPlay.net
DVD Playhouse December 2010
By
Allen Gardner
America Lost And Found: The Bbs Story (Criterion) Perhaps the best DVD box set released this year, this ultimate cinefile stocking stuffer offered up by Criterion, the Rolls-Royce of home video labels, features seven seminal works from the late ‘60s-early ‘70s that were brought to life by cutting edge producers Bert Schneider, Steve Blauner and director/producer Bob Rafelson, the principals of Bbs Productions. In chronological order: Head (1968) star the Monkees, the manufactured (by Rafelson, et al), American answer to the Beatles who, like it or not, did make an impact on popular culture, particularly in this utterly surreal piece of cinematic anarchy (co-written by Jack Nicholson, who has a cameo), which was largely dismissed upon its initial release, but is now regarded as a counterculture classic. Easy Rider (1969) is arguably regarded as the seminal ‘60s picture, about two hippie drug dealers (director Dennis Hopper...
By
Allen Gardner
America Lost And Found: The Bbs Story (Criterion) Perhaps the best DVD box set released this year, this ultimate cinefile stocking stuffer offered up by Criterion, the Rolls-Royce of home video labels, features seven seminal works from the late ‘60s-early ‘70s that were brought to life by cutting edge producers Bert Schneider, Steve Blauner and director/producer Bob Rafelson, the principals of Bbs Productions. In chronological order: Head (1968) star the Monkees, the manufactured (by Rafelson, et al), American answer to the Beatles who, like it or not, did make an impact on popular culture, particularly in this utterly surreal piece of cinematic anarchy (co-written by Jack Nicholson, who has a cameo), which was largely dismissed upon its initial release, but is now regarded as a counterculture classic. Easy Rider (1969) is arguably regarded as the seminal ‘60s picture, about two hippie drug dealers (director Dennis Hopper...
- 12/20/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
#Gift It seems almost pointless reviewing Disney's classic reissues on Blu-ray because the films themselves are familiar and the Hi-Def restoration work is guaranteed to impress. The personnel behind the HD remastering of releases of classic animated films from the Disney vault have established a standard of excellence that they are sure to meet with every new release. It is intriguing to think that movies such as Fantasia and the previously released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs probably look better now than they ever have before. Today's audiences have the privilege of seeing them looking more pristine and sounding clearer than audiences contemporary with their original release could have imagined possible.
Given the superlatives above, it goes without saying that both Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 look fabulous. This can be expected from the latter because it was made relatively recently. The restoration work on Fantasia is all the more...
Given the superlatives above, it goes without saying that both Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 look fabulous. This can be expected from the latter because it was made relatively recently. The restoration work on Fantasia is all the more...
- 12/15/2010
- CinemaSpy
Chicago – Disney has been slowly opening their vault doors to the world of Blu-ray with amazing releases for “Sleeping Beauty,” “Pinocchio,” “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves,” and “Beauty & The Beast.” The slow release pattern is about to become more of a steady flow as “Fantasia,” “Alice in Wonderland,” and “Bambi” all hit HD in just over three months. “Fantasia” is the first and it’s another beauty.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
Disney/Buena Vista have released “Fantasia” and “Fantasia 2000” in one 2-movie collection and, since both films also come on DVD, it’s technically a four-disc combo pack. It’s going to be a musical Christmas. Of course, the original “Fantasia” is the draw here (as the less said about the wildly-inferior sequel the better) and it looks good and sounds even better. HD video is often praised but the improvements in audio on Blu-ray are sometimes underrated. Hearing the...
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
Disney/Buena Vista have released “Fantasia” and “Fantasia 2000” in one 2-movie collection and, since both films also come on DVD, it’s technically a four-disc combo pack. It’s going to be a musical Christmas. Of course, the original “Fantasia” is the draw here (as the less said about the wildly-inferior sequel the better) and it looks good and sounds even better. HD video is often praised but the improvements in audio on Blu-ray are sometimes underrated. Hearing the...
- 12/7/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Disney’s Fantasia is a classic film and an oddity in popular cinema. A comeback vehicle for Disney’s most famous creation, the image of Mickey clad in the robes of a sorcerer whizzing through a castle followed by a hurricane of brooms is so well known now that a single frame from the film will cause most people to recall its name – Fantasia.
Designed to be an experience rather than a movie Fantasia represents some of the most breathtaking work committed to film, with a vivid and effervescent imagination present in every frame. The new Blu-ray released by Disney in the past few weeks brings this film to a whole new audience and celebrates Disney at his liveliest; both experimental and scintillating Fantasia is unlike any other film of its era and is a joy seventy years on.
Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring is a particular favourite section of mine,...
Designed to be an experience rather than a movie Fantasia represents some of the most breathtaking work committed to film, with a vivid and effervescent imagination present in every frame. The new Blu-ray released by Disney in the past few weeks brings this film to a whole new audience and celebrates Disney at his liveliest; both experimental and scintillating Fantasia is unlike any other film of its era and is a joy seventy years on.
Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring is a particular favourite section of mine,...
- 12/6/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
dvd review It took sixty years for Salvador Dali’s unfinished Walt Disney project, Destino, to reach fruition. In comparison, the seven years it’s taken for a home video release doesn’t seem so bad, but the process has been frustrating. And even now, the opportunity to own the Oscar-nominated film comes with a hitch: A Dali-esque moment from Destino. if you don’t have a Blu-Ray player, you’re out of luck. The short, and a very good feature-length documentary about Disney and Dali, are only available on the four-disc Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack of Fantasia and Fantasia 2000, which retails for $45.99 and…<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/indiewire/leonardmaltin/~4/c39zHt4P5nQ" height="1" width="1"/>...
- 12/2/2010
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy
Blu-ray Review
Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 (Four-Disc Blu-ray/DVD combo)
Fantasia
Directed by: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe, Norm Ferguson, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen
Cast: Leopold Stokowski
Running Time: 2 hr 5 min
Rating: G
Due Out: November 30, 2010
Plot: Seven classical pieces of music are animated in a film that’s meant to be the visual representation of what you hear when listening to these pieces.
Who’S It For? Unlike most animated films, this requires a more mature audience. Though there’s nothing objectionable in the material, it might be dull for kids.
Movie:
The most experimental of any of Disney’s animated feature films, Fantasia tells seven stories, all set to music. The most famous is The Sorcerer’s Apprentice starring Mickey Mouse wearing a red robe and blue hat covered in stars. Even people who haven’t seen the...
Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 (Four-Disc Blu-ray/DVD combo)
Fantasia
Directed by: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe, Norm Ferguson, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen
Cast: Leopold Stokowski
Running Time: 2 hr 5 min
Rating: G
Due Out: November 30, 2010
Plot: Seven classical pieces of music are animated in a film that’s meant to be the visual representation of what you hear when listening to these pieces.
Who’S It For? Unlike most animated films, this requires a more mature audience. Though there’s nothing objectionable in the material, it might be dull for kids.
Movie:
The most experimental of any of Disney’s animated feature films, Fantasia tells seven stories, all set to music. The most famous is The Sorcerer’s Apprentice starring Mickey Mouse wearing a red robe and blue hat covered in stars. Even people who haven’t seen the...
- 12/1/2010
- by Megan Lehar
- The Scorecard Review
Filed under: Cinematical, Blu-ray DVDs
'Best in Blu-ray' is a weekly column that runs on Tuesday; from the week's new Blu-ray releases, we recommend titles for both the Blu-ray veteran and newbie, as well as the coolest special feature (unique to the format) and most intriguing rental.
For Blu-ray Vets:
'Fantasia' / 'Fantasia 2000'
Twitter Tag Line: Walt Disney's wondrous 1940 experimental feature remains a transfixing piece of cinema 70 years later.
New Features Unique to Blu-ray: "The Schultheis Notebook" details the animation techniques; two audio commentaries on 'Fantasia,' one featuring the assembled thoughts of Walt Disney; two more audio commentaries on 'Fantasia 2000'; plus the short film 'Destino,' a collaboration between Disney and Salvador Dali, and an 82-minute doc on that collaboration.
Transfer/Audio: "Both Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 look fantastic, and Disney has done a wonderful job of ushering each one into the 21st century.
'Best in Blu-ray' is a weekly column that runs on Tuesday; from the week's new Blu-ray releases, we recommend titles for both the Blu-ray veteran and newbie, as well as the coolest special feature (unique to the format) and most intriguing rental.
For Blu-ray Vets:
'Fantasia' / 'Fantasia 2000'
Twitter Tag Line: Walt Disney's wondrous 1940 experimental feature remains a transfixing piece of cinema 70 years later.
New Features Unique to Blu-ray: "The Schultheis Notebook" details the animation techniques; two audio commentaries on 'Fantasia,' one featuring the assembled thoughts of Walt Disney; two more audio commentaries on 'Fantasia 2000'; plus the short film 'Destino,' a collaboration between Disney and Salvador Dali, and an 82-minute doc on that collaboration.
Transfer/Audio: "Both Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 look fantastic, and Disney has done a wonderful job of ushering each one into the 21st century.
- 11/30/2010
- by Peter Martin
- Moviefone
Filed under: Cinematical, Blu-ray DVDs
'Best in Blu-ray' is a weekly column that runs on Tuesday; from the week's new Blu-ray releases, we recommend titles for both the Blu-ray veteran and newbie, as well as the coolest special feature (unique to the format) and most intriguing rental.
For Blu-ray Vets:
'Fantasia' / 'Fantasia 2000'
Twitter Tag Line: Walt Disney's wondrous 1940 experimental feature remains a transfixing piece of cinema 70 years later.
New Features Unique to Blu-ray: "The Schultheis Notebook" details the animation techniques; two audio commentaries on 'Fantasia,' one featuring the assembled thoughts of Walt Disney; two more audio commentaries on 'Fantasia 2000'; plus the short film 'Destino,' a collaboration between Disney and Salvador Dali, and an 82-minute doc on that collaboration.
Transfer/Audio: "Both Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 look fantastic, and Disney has done a wonderful job of ushering each one into the 21st century.
'Best in Blu-ray' is a weekly column that runs on Tuesday; from the week's new Blu-ray releases, we recommend titles for both the Blu-ray veteran and newbie, as well as the coolest special feature (unique to the format) and most intriguing rental.
For Blu-ray Vets:
'Fantasia' / 'Fantasia 2000'
Twitter Tag Line: Walt Disney's wondrous 1940 experimental feature remains a transfixing piece of cinema 70 years later.
New Features Unique to Blu-ray: "The Schultheis Notebook" details the animation techniques; two audio commentaries on 'Fantasia,' one featuring the assembled thoughts of Walt Disney; two more audio commentaries on 'Fantasia 2000'; plus the short film 'Destino,' a collaboration between Disney and Salvador Dali, and an 82-minute doc on that collaboration.
Transfer/Audio: "Both Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 look fantastic, and Disney has done a wonderful job of ushering each one into the 21st century.
- 11/30/2010
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"The Fantasia Collection"
Released by Disney Home Entertainment
While the headliner of Disney's incredible group of releases on November 30th will be the four-disc Blu-ray double feature of "Fantasia" and "Fantasia 2000," it's what's less publicized that should be exciting to both Disneyphiles and film fans in general. Starting with the hi-def debut of the two "Fantasias," Disney will finally include amongst the films' copious special features (many ported over from the out-of-print DVD set) the 1946 Salvador Dali-Walt Disney collaboration "Destino," along with an 82-minute making-of documentary. And incidentally, Disney is also releasing three standalone documentaries that shouldn't be overlooked in "The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story" about the songsmiths behind the studio's most famous musicals like "Mary Poppins," "Walt & El Grupo," which details the company-shifting trip Walt Disney took with his animators to Latin America as part of the Good...
"The Fantasia Collection"
Released by Disney Home Entertainment
While the headliner of Disney's incredible group of releases on November 30th will be the four-disc Blu-ray double feature of "Fantasia" and "Fantasia 2000," it's what's less publicized that should be exciting to both Disneyphiles and film fans in general. Starting with the hi-def debut of the two "Fantasias," Disney will finally include amongst the films' copious special features (many ported over from the out-of-print DVD set) the 1946 Salvador Dali-Walt Disney collaboration "Destino," along with an 82-minute making-of documentary. And incidentally, Disney is also releasing three standalone documentaries that shouldn't be overlooked in "The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story" about the songsmiths behind the studio's most famous musicals like "Mary Poppins," "Walt & El Grupo," which details the company-shifting trip Walt Disney took with his animators to Latin America as part of the Good...
- 11/29/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Filed under: Celebrity Interviews, DVDs, Video, Blu-ray DVDs
Can you believe it? It's been 70 years since 'Fantasia' was released in theaters.
In honor of the release of the 'Fantasia/Fantasia 2000' Special Edition Blu-ray, Moviefone traveled to the Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. While there, we chatted with Walt Disney's daughter, Diane Miller, and his grandson, Walter Miller, about the museum and what the film meant to him.
We heard all about the attempt at a collaboration between Disney and Salvador Dali that ended up as the short 'Destino,' included in the special features, along with a full length documentary about the two men.
We also got a look at the mysterious Schultheis Notebook, which documented all the lost techniques used in 'Fantasia.'
'Fantasia/Fantasia 2000' will be released on Blu-ray on Nov. 30.
Check out the video after the jump.
Continue Reading...
Can you believe it? It's been 70 years since 'Fantasia' was released in theaters.
In honor of the release of the 'Fantasia/Fantasia 2000' Special Edition Blu-ray, Moviefone traveled to the Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. While there, we chatted with Walt Disney's daughter, Diane Miller, and his grandson, Walter Miller, about the museum and what the film meant to him.
We heard all about the attempt at a collaboration between Disney and Salvador Dali that ended up as the short 'Destino,' included in the special features, along with a full length documentary about the two men.
We also got a look at the mysterious Schultheis Notebook, which documented all the lost techniques used in 'Fantasia.'
'Fantasia/Fantasia 2000' will be released on Blu-ray on Nov. 30.
Check out the video after the jump.
Continue Reading...
- 11/29/2010
- by Jenna Busch
- Moviefone
Hard to believe, but it’s been 70 years since Walt Disney first released his Technicolor triumph, Fantasia. Still one of his, and the studio’s, most ambitious projects, Fantasia remains a remarkable achievement of animation, sound and art. And now, for this first time on Blu-ray, this Disney classic is with us once more.
With dialogue used sparingly throughout, Fantasia is a collection of eight animated segments, all set to pieces of classical music. Conducted by Brit conductor Leopold Stokowski and performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, each segment is introduced by composer and critic Deems Taylor, who explains the narrative, or lack thereof, the music involved, and the images we’re about to explore.
What follows in each segment is nothing short of genius on Disney’s part. Each one is a work of dedication, beauty, and what Disney himself would call ‘pure animation’. Making use of classic pieces Toccata and Fugue in D Minor,...
With dialogue used sparingly throughout, Fantasia is a collection of eight animated segments, all set to pieces of classical music. Conducted by Brit conductor Leopold Stokowski and performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, each segment is introduced by composer and critic Deems Taylor, who explains the narrative, or lack thereof, the music involved, and the images we’re about to explore.
What follows in each segment is nothing short of genius on Disney’s part. Each one is a work of dedication, beauty, and what Disney himself would call ‘pure animation’. Making use of classic pieces Toccata and Fugue in D Minor,...
- 11/25/2010
- Shadowlocked
In spite of having grown up as a part of the Disney “VHS Generation”, one of the first groups of children to have the privilege and opportunity to enjoy nearly every Disney classic in the comfort of my home on demand, I don’t have much nostalgia for my childhood favourites. They still have a special place in my heart because they undeniably have a hand in the person I have become, but they have since been replaced by other Disney films I didn’t necessarily appreciate as a child.
I have my qualms with Disney, none of which I plan on getting into right here, but I can appreciate many of their films for their artistry and heartfelt sentiment. This list does not reflect the tastes and impulses of my childhood self, but the obsessions and preferences of my young adulthood. That isn’t to say there isn’t any nostalgia involved,...
I have my qualms with Disney, none of which I plan on getting into right here, but I can appreciate many of their films for their artistry and heartfelt sentiment. This list does not reflect the tastes and impulses of my childhood self, but the obsessions and preferences of my young adulthood. That isn’t to say there isn’t any nostalgia involved,...
- 11/25/2010
- by Justine
- SoundOnSight
Fantasia/ Fantasia 2000
DVD & Blu-Ray, Walt Disney
Though held in fairly high regard, one can't help but feel that had Fantasia come from any studio other than Disney it would be held up as one of the all-time great achievements of cinema. Now 70 years old, this mix of stunning animation and ingenious special effects providing the visuals to some classy classical music still feels fresh, timeless and unique. Other than its impossibly high standards, the other thing that makes Disney stand out from their peers is that it never throws anything away. Perhaps as it was founded by artists and not businessmen, Disney Studios could always see the importance of preserving every last scribble or doodle. In 1945 Walt Disney brought Salvador Dalí to his studios to collaborate on Destino, a short film that would bring the surrealist's melting clocks, swarms of ants and negative-space drawings to life. Dalí spent eight...
DVD & Blu-Ray, Walt Disney
Though held in fairly high regard, one can't help but feel that had Fantasia come from any studio other than Disney it would be held up as one of the all-time great achievements of cinema. Now 70 years old, this mix of stunning animation and ingenious special effects providing the visuals to some classy classical music still feels fresh, timeless and unique. Other than its impossibly high standards, the other thing that makes Disney stand out from their peers is that it never throws anything away. Perhaps as it was founded by artists and not businessmen, Disney Studios could always see the importance of preserving every last scribble or doodle. In 1945 Walt Disney brought Salvador Dalí to his studios to collaborate on Destino, a short film that would bring the surrealist's melting clocks, swarms of ants and negative-space drawings to life. Dalí spent eight...
- 11/13/2010
- by Phelim O'Neill
- The Guardian - Film News
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has official announced the full specs for its upcoming Blu-ray and DVD release of Fantasia. The former, which dates from 1940, has become one of Disney's most admired classics. If the quality of remastering for a hi-def release is anything like that of Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, animation fans are in for a visual and auditory treat.
The Blu-ray edition of The Fantasia and Fantasia 2000: 2-Movie Collection Special Edition will be a 4-disc release that includes both the original film and its turn-of-the-millennium follow-up. Like the original, Fantasia 2000 is a lively mix of classical music and animated imagery. The 'cast' includes a host of famous names, including Steve Martin, Bette Midler, James Earl Jones, Penn and Teller, Angela Lansbury, Itzhak Perlman and Quincy Jones.
Among the special features on the Blu-ray will be the Academy Award® nominated short Destino.
The Blu-ray edition of The Fantasia and Fantasia 2000: 2-Movie Collection Special Edition will be a 4-disc release that includes both the original film and its turn-of-the-millennium follow-up. Like the original, Fantasia 2000 is a lively mix of classical music and animated imagery. The 'cast' includes a host of famous names, including Steve Martin, Bette Midler, James Earl Jones, Penn and Teller, Angela Lansbury, Itzhak Perlman and Quincy Jones.
Among the special features on the Blu-ray will be the Academy Award® nominated short Destino.
- 9/4/2010
- CinemaSpy
Though nothing now could live up to the excitement of seeing Fantasia on it's original release, when it was a real big event with allocated seating, a dress code, programme booklets and the first ever stereophonic sound in cinema, I'm still getting pretty sparky over the film's imminent Blu-ray edition. Coming to Disney's Diamond Edition collection will be not only the original Fantasia but its turn of the millennium brethren, Fantasia 2000 and something called Fantasia World which, according to the new trailer, will showcase "never-before-seen animated short films". I'm assuming the Clair De Lune sequence, a deleted scene from the original that was released as a standalone in the mid 90s, will also be included. We'll likely get the Dali/Disney collaboration Destino too, I'll wager. Watch the full trailer after the break. Via My New Animated Life.
- 1/4/2010
- by Brendon Connelly
- Slash Film
It's our sad duty to report that Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney former executive for the Walt Disney Company has passed away at the age of 79 after a year-long battle with stomach cancer.
A stalwart fixture at Disney - his personal office was situated inside the magic hat atop Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California - he oversaw many of the company's greatest successes over the past few decades. The company released the following statement:
Roy Edward Disney, son of Disney Studios co-founder Roy O. Disney, and nephew of Walt Disney, passed away today (12/16/09) at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, California, following a year-long battle with stomach cancer. He was 79 years old.
Disney was a successful businessman, philanthropist, filmmaker and award-winning sailor, who played a key role in the revitalization of The Walt Disney Company and Disney's animation legacy. He was associated with the Company over a 56-year period,...
A stalwart fixture at Disney - his personal office was situated inside the magic hat atop Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California - he oversaw many of the company's greatest successes over the past few decades. The company released the following statement:
Roy Edward Disney, son of Disney Studios co-founder Roy O. Disney, and nephew of Walt Disney, passed away today (12/16/09) at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, California, following a year-long battle with stomach cancer. He was 79 years old.
Disney was a successful businessman, philanthropist, filmmaker and award-winning sailor, who played a key role in the revitalization of The Walt Disney Company and Disney's animation legacy. He was associated with the Company over a 56-year period,...
- 12/17/2009
- Screenrush
Nephew of Walt Disney who led two famous shareholder revolts at family's company dies aged 79
Roy E Disney, the son and nephew of The Walt Disney Company founders who twice led shareholder revolts that shook up the family business, died today. He was 79.
The Walt Disney Company announced that Disney died in Newport Beach, California after a bout with stomach cancer.
Although he generally stayed out of the spotlight, Roy Disney didn't hesitate to lead a successful campaign in 1984 to oust Walt Disney's son-in-law after concluding he was leading the company in the wrong direction. Nearly 20 years later, he launched another successful shareholders revolt, this time against Michael Eisner, the man he'd helped bring in after the previous ouster.
Disney, born in 1930, had practically grown up with the company. His uncle Walt Disney and his father, Roy O Disney, had co-founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio seven years before, later...
Roy E Disney, the son and nephew of The Walt Disney Company founders who twice led shareholder revolts that shook up the family business, died today. He was 79.
The Walt Disney Company announced that Disney died in Newport Beach, California after a bout with stomach cancer.
Although he generally stayed out of the spotlight, Roy Disney didn't hesitate to lead a successful campaign in 1984 to oust Walt Disney's son-in-law after concluding he was leading the company in the wrong direction. Nearly 20 years later, he launched another successful shareholders revolt, this time against Michael Eisner, the man he'd helped bring in after the previous ouster.
Disney, born in 1930, had practically grown up with the company. His uncle Walt Disney and his father, Roy O Disney, had co-founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio seven years before, later...
- 12/16/2009
- The Guardian - Film News
Seeing what Terry Gilliam can do with a good budget and technology -- namely the fantastical worlds he created for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus with its sky of flicking jellyfish, towering stilts, and a rainbow world of shoes -- I began to wonder what the filmmaker could do to help more mainstream work. What if the next 3D blockbuster had worlds seen through Gilliam's eyes? What if the next animated film tapped into Gilliam's imagination?
Looks like he is, at least a little bit, thinking the same thing. /Film recently attended a BFI talk with Gilliam, and the filmmaker expressed his interest in Pixar. After noting their creativity, he supposedly said he wants to work for the studio, has asked Andrew Stanton to "hold the door open" for him, and that he'd go so far as to "sweep the floors" to be in Pixar's cinematic environment.
Perhaps the fangirl...
Looks like he is, at least a little bit, thinking the same thing. /Film recently attended a BFI talk with Gilliam, and the filmmaker expressed his interest in Pixar. After noting their creativity, he supposedly said he wants to work for the studio, has asked Andrew Stanton to "hold the door open" for him, and that he'd go so far as to "sweep the floors" to be in Pixar's cinematic environment.
Perhaps the fangirl...
- 8/25/2009
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
"Destino" was an animated short film conceived by Walt Disney and Salvador Dali in the 1940s. Though detailed storyboards were created for the film the project was scrapped because of financial concerns Disney was having at the time and only 18-seconds of actual footage were created. Back in 1999, while working on the release of Fantasia 2000, Roy Disney brought the film back to life and intended for it to be the centerpiece of Fantasia 2006. While that version of Fantasia never...
- 7/8/2009
- by Mike Sampson
- JoBlo.com
Conceived and storyboarded together in 1945 by artist Salvador Dali and Disney legend John Hench (Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland), this project was abandoned due to Disney's financial problems during World War II. In 1999, Roy Disney restarted the project with a new team of animators working off of the original storyboards, aided by Hench himself and the journals of Dali's wife. It was finally completed in 2003 and was nominated for an Academy Award.
- 12/31/2008
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
The Blu-ray Disc juggernaut continues as Disney said Thursday that it will release five more Platinum Collection animated classics on Blu-ray.
The quintet includes "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), the first of Disney's acclaimed hand-drawn animated features. Also in the pipeline are "Pinocchio" (1940), "Fantasia" (1940), "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) and "Fantasia 2000" (1999).
Each will be available for a limited time in new multidisc sets featuring hours of bonus materials and rare behind-the-scenes footage.
Disney is launching its Platinum Collection line on Blu-ray with "Sleeping Beauty," which will be released Oct. 7.
Disney is launching its next-generation Bd-Live network, which offers such Web-enabled features as chat rooms and video messaging, in the U.S. only with "Sleeping Beauty." The network will go live worldwide in fall 2009 with "Snow White."
Of the five new Blu-ray releases, "Pinocchio" will be first out of the gate, coming in the spring. "Snow White" is next, followed...
The quintet includes "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), the first of Disney's acclaimed hand-drawn animated features. Also in the pipeline are "Pinocchio" (1940), "Fantasia" (1940), "Beauty and the Beast" (1991) and "Fantasia 2000" (1999).
Each will be available for a limited time in new multidisc sets featuring hours of bonus materials and rare behind-the-scenes footage.
Disney is launching its Platinum Collection line on Blu-ray with "Sleeping Beauty," which will be released Oct. 7.
Disney is launching its next-generation Bd-Live network, which offers such Web-enabled features as chat rooms and video messaging, in the U.S. only with "Sleeping Beauty." The network will go live worldwide in fall 2009 with "Snow White."
Of the five new Blu-ray releases, "Pinocchio" will be first out of the gate, coming in the spring. "Snow White" is next, followed...
- 8/28/2008
- by By Thomas K. Arnold
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The USC School of Cinema-Television on Thursday named the John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts in honor of the late Disney animation artist. Hench worked on such classic Disney films as Peter Pan, Dumbo, Fantasia and Alice in Wonderland. The naming was made possible through a $5 million endowment gift from the John C. Hench Foundation. The Disney animator died in February 2004. In addition to being a longtime supporter of the division -- which offers three-year Master of Fine Arts and a four-year Bachelor of Arts degrees, as well as undergraduate minors -- Hench was a frequent figure in the classroom and studio, teaching the faculty and students his technique and philosophy. Featured during the event was a screening of the 2004 Oscar-nominated animated short Destino, which first was storyboarded by Hench and Spanish painter Salvador Dali in late 1945 and '46.
- 9/15/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The USC School of Cinema-Television on Thursday named the John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts in honor of the late Disney animation artist. Hench worked on such classic Disney films as Peter Pan, Dumbo, Fantasia and Alice in Wonderland. The naming was made possible through a $5 million endowment gift from the John C. Hench Foundation. The Disney animator died in February 2004. In addition to being a longtime supporter of the division -- which offers three-year Master of Fine Arts and a four-year Bachelor of Arts degrees, as well as undergraduate minors -- Hench was a frequent figure in the classroom and studio, teaching the faculty and students his technique and philosophy. Featured during the event was a screening of the 2004 Oscar-nominated animated short Destino, which first was storyboarded by Hench and Spanish painter Salvador Dali in late 1945 and '46.
- 9/15/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Combine rare Salvador Dali paintings with a healthy dose of Walt Disney movie magic and you've got one of the most interesting offerings in the 2003 animated short film Oscar race. Executive produced by Roy E. Disney, the former vice chairman of the board of the Walt Disney Co., and directed by Dominique Monfrey, who had been based at Disney's now-shuttered Paris studio, the short film Destino began with the unlikeliest of partnerships, one which dates back to 1945. That's when Walt Disney, the studio's founder, first proposed a collaboration with Salvador Dali, the celebrated Spanish surrealist. That original teaming was abandoned in the following year because of the studio's financial setbacks after World War II. But the project was revived again 54 years later by Roy E. Disney, Walt Disney's nephew, when he came across Dali's original artwork and story sketches while he was overseeing the re-release of Fantasia.
- 1/28/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios' summer hit Finding Nemo topped the toon list with 12 Annie Award nominations from ASIFA-Hollywood, the International Animated Film Society. Nemo netted noms for outstanding animated theatrical feature, directing, music, voice acting, production design, character design and multiple character animation and effects animation nods. Pixar's Boundin, ' directed by renowned animation illustrator Bud Luckey, earned a nod in the short film race. The Annies, expected to act as a precursor to the animated film Oscar race, recognize achievements in 22 categories including feature films, TV, commercials, home video, electronic media and shorts. Nemo will compete against Disney's Brother Bear, Warner Bros. Pictures' Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Go Fish Pictures' Millennium Actress and Les Armateurs' Triplets of Belleville. Competing for the top prize in the animated television race are Renegade Animation's Captain Sturdy, Nickelodeon's The Fairly OddParents, Cartoon Network Studios' Samurai Jack, Gracie Films' The Simpsons and Adelaide Productions Inc.'s Spider-Man Animated Series. In the short film race, competing against Pixar's Boundin' are Disney's' Destino, Vinton Studios' Ananda, Barley Films Ltd.'s Boys Night Out and Acme Filmworks' Nibbles. Winners will be announced at the annual Annie Awards ceremony Feb. 7. at the Alex Theatre in Glendale.
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