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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: Image Entertainment EAN: 9780780027916 Format: Animated, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC ISBN: 0780027914 Label: Homevision Languages: Manufacturer: Homevision MPN: PMIDALL080D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Homevision Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 03, 2004 Running Time: 85 minutes Studio: Homevision Theatrical Release Date: July 27, 1977 Editorial Review: Product Description: A collection of skits set to classical mustic an italian fantasia. Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 02/03/2004 Run time: 85 minutes Amazon.com: Nominally, Allegro Non Troppo is an Italian spoof of Disney's classic Fantasia, and with its commentary on the human condition and its consequences, the film goes in thematic directions Disney would never have touched. Interspersed with the animation are black-and-white segments that involve a dictatorial conductor, a mousy animator, an orchestra full of old ladies, and a blowhard director. The animator is Italian comic Maurizio Nichetti, and the style is broad slapstick humor that stands in sharp contrast to the animated parts. Synced to Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun is a vignette involving a satyr and his efforts to attract nymphs while fighting the effects of age, set perfectly to the mood of the piece. "Valse Triste" is set to the story of an abandoned cat as he wanders a derelict (war-torn?) building and remembers how things were when he had a more comfortable life. An incredibly imaginative segment is set to Ravel's "Bolero"; astronauts drop a Coke bottle on a planet and the story of evolution is traced, beginning in the bottle. A piece set to Stravinsky's The Firebird begs the question: what if it were a perfect world and Adam and Eve had resisted the temptation of the apple in the Garden of Eden? The style of the animation calls to mind late-'60s pop-art icon Peter Max, Yellow Submarine, and even the paintings of Bosch; what Allegro Non Troppo lacks in the visual detail of the Disney film, it makes up for in inventiveness, emotional depth, and wit. Be advised, though, that many segments are more adult in theme and not very suitable for kids. The pratfalls and gags of the live-action interludes seem out of place until they provide some relief from the pathos of some of the animation (like "Valse Triste," a real tear-jerker). This is an important animated film that has been somewhat neglected after its popularity in the '70s, and a must-see for animation fans. --Jerry Renshaw Average Rating:
 Rating: - Allegro non Troppo - A unique, Best-of-Best filmAllegro non Troppo is, like most works of genius, flawed in some fundamental ways, but I cannot picture it in any other way. Its flaws -- like your crazy uncle's greased up hair -- make its genius stand out over a backdrop of humanity we know all too well. I refer to the slapstick live-action humor between animated sequences. It's funny; don't let the nay-sayers turn you away before you see it. But it's also painful. The writers obviously had not purged the fascist terrors of the 1930s and 1940s ... Read More Rating: - Absolute genius!This disc doesn't merely have the titular movie- which is in itself a work of genius, especially the Bolero animation and the heartbreaking Valse Trieste- but also ten of Bozzetto's most famous and creative animated shorts, including (top of the list, yet) his incredibly funny depiction of the conception and carrying to term of a child. There's not a clunker in the lot, and indeed a true lover of animation will only be left hungry for more of Bozzetto's work. Those who complain of rough ... Read More Rating:  - Classic well scripted comedyLoved this DVD. Classic Italian comedy. I don't speak a word but it is well subtitled and, although entirely predicable at times, is very funny. The animations and music choices are truly beautiful. The Bolero act is wonderful on its own. Rating: - Anyone know where to get a fresh vinyl copy of the soundtrack?I have a pretty worn copy of the Deutsche Grammophon 1977 from Polydor Intl GmbH (vinyl, of course)....did they ever release it on CD? Is a fresh copy on vinyl out of the question? Rating: - Made an indelible luminous imprint on my mindI saw this film for the first time today and suspect I will be purchasing it very soon. It's a play within a play--both the making of the film featuring a sadistic conductor, meglomaniacal director, and put upon artist and the film itself. The interspersion of making which was Italian slapstick in black and white with "Fantasia"-like animation set to the classics was brilliant. All five of us watching were laughing, crying, shouting out comments, throughout the whole film. Prelude ... Read More |
