Fantasia Reaction

After watching more of Fantasia than i think i ever have, I seem to have gained more of an appreciation for the complexities and layers to it. Not only is this movie an innovation in animation but it is an innovation in stories. never before had a story been told through the medians of animation and classical music combined. the genius of this piece is undeniable. the simply perfect way that the motions and emotions of the characters fit the music is a mark as to the thought that went into this. only people like Disney would plan a film out so well that when the fairies touch the water it would work perfectly with the pre-written music.
along with the feat of constructing an animated movie Disney and his crew through in plenty for us to think about. Whether he did this on purpose or not is hard to answer but these provocations are still there.
to those that have it pointed out to, there is an interesting aspect of the sublime versus the pastoral nature. This aspect of the film certainly brings up the thought about how livable is a life filled solely with one of the two. In the end i think you need both to survive, with your mental health intact. If the world were peaceful and all pastoral it would be a bore, but in a world full of only sublime moments there would be no comfort. But as we were discussing in class i realized that what i might call sublime and pastoral others might think the opposite of. to me the call before a storm (which does exist) is awesome with its pause before hell breaks loose. And to me there are storms that are pastoral. i like living life with both.

one thing i find very impressive in this piece is the fact that the writers wrote all that in the intro to the rite of spring. To me the fact that they included all of that information about evolution is startling, because I'm pretty sure that there was just as large a community back then as there is today that prefers creationism. it really seemed to be a leap of faith for them, and at first they fell. maybe not for that reason but you could argue that they trusted the American population too much.

On the mater of the sexism and sexuality in the film, this movie was made for adult audiences and this was made in a different time then now, when the sexes are viewed as more equal. that is my final word on that, though stuff like the sexism and sexuality in this film would not fly today.