Allegro Non Troppo (1976)
In 1940, Walt Disney released a movie entitled “Fantasia”. With this film, Walt Disney's animators combined simplistic art with that of classical music, and it worked beautifully. And even though Walt wanted to continue this idea even further, “Fantasia” unfortunately flopped at the box office, thank in part due to World War II. It wouldn't be for another 60 years until a proper continuation for “Fantasia” came around, that ultimately resulted in “Fantasia 2000”, which was generally received with mixed reception. But unbeknownst to the general public, there was another film that combined animation with classical music. And that film was 1976's “Allegro Non Troppo”, and Italian version of “Fantasia”. Not many people are aware of this movie's existence but this film is definitely worth watching mostly for curiosity's sake. “Allegro Non Troppo” is a unique film that somewhat rivals the Disney version by a very large margin, and offering viewer something original in ...