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<u>Fantasia</u> (1949) and <u>Fantasia 2000</u> (1999).
I ordered them for my own Winter present. They are as good as I remembered.
When one realizes the first appeared shortly after the end of WWII, a presentation like none before it, it is more understandable why it failed. It was years before its time. Disney's vision to make it a constantly changing selection of shorts is an idea with great appeal to those of the Digital Age. However, a second incarnation in <u>Fantasia 2000</u> flopped as well.
The selections that now compose <u>Fantasia</u> are benchmarks in animation and fine choices of popular music; <u>Fantasia 2000</u> displays the advance in 60 years of animation with brighter colors and clearer images.
I would recommend this for anyone child or adult. It is an excellent introduction to Classical music for children, or even some adults. I felt the thrill of being young again in a world of imagination and possibility.
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