Fantasia for adults.Fantasia for adults who like seventies animation, and don't mind some Italian sub-titles.Worth the time only if your interested in animation. It's themes and images are much more adult than "Fantasia", and it's tone more ironic and risqué, in a mild self mocking way.Allegro Non Troppo, does have it's beautiful sequences, obviously the musics good (Stravinksky again), and a few times one of the live action moments may have even cracked a smile on my face. But this is a difficult film to find, and though I enjoyed it, was more effort than it was worth.

An undisguised parody on 'Fantasia', the film is nowhere near on the same level but it has enough interesting elements of its own to be satisfying viewing. It is a mix of live action orchestra (filmed in washed out black and white) and vibrant colour animation. The live action sequences are fascinating at times, especially when animation is mixed in. However, the silly slapstick nature of the live action parts is a stark contrast against the animation, and this sometimes hurts the film's flow. As for the animated sequences, some of them are quite adult, with sexual allusions and animated nudity. The animation is, like in 'Fantasia', fitted around classical music, and while in some cases the drawings fit the tunes quite well, more often that not, the cartoons seem independent of the music. In this regard the film does not work as well as Disney's original, and overall it is more interesting as an experiment rather than anything else. It is worth a look - if not quite unique, it certainly is not mundane.

This very hard-to-find mix of animation, music and comedy is a real treat for those who can appreciate it. I recorded it from TV some years ago, and it's still one of the most valuable articles in my archive. Very clever use of in-between b/w passages, great classical music and animations of totally different styles, concepts and attitudes, but each so well-blended with the music and the whole picture that you hardly get distracted. I don't agree with the comparisons to Fantasia, this is something different. It deals with things (and uses imagery) that a Disney product would never dare, let alone in the days Fantasia was made. If you have the slightest admiration for art, and can stand movies without the standard hollywood cliches, grab this one (though that won't be easy) and you'll not be sorry. 10 / 10

I saw this film for the first time over twenty-five years ago while in college. I saw it three more times and I loved. It is the finest animation film I have ever seen. I also think the comments on the live sequences are off-base. I thought they were exceptionally funny. A few years after college I bought the videotape and watched it several more times. I forgot about it for some years until I was recently reminded of it. I can't find my tape, so I will buy it again. I can't wait to see it again. I've recommended it many times over the years to many people (which is probably how I lost my videotape of it - damn you Michael!). Mind you, I've never seen Prisney's "Fantasia," but I have seen a lot of full-length animation films, including most of Bakshi's films (worst version of Tolkien's work - the award goes to Ralph Bakshi) and this one is an absolute delight. The Bolero scene surpasses that Ice Age film big-time. Enough kvelling. I can't type anymore because I hate this ergonomic keyboard.