Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Winifred The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Robin Kuhr ''Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.'' ~ Mel Brooks.And I think Bruno Bozzetto was one of them!The reason I quote Mel Brooks is because he's considered to be one of the great parody masters, well I think Bruno Bozzetto deserves to be up there with him!''Allegro Non Troppo'' is one of those films that keeps you laughing from beginning to end. It's clever, humorous and filled to the brim with respect for what's it's parodying, which I believe is the key to humour of this style. Yet make no mistake! This film transcends any humour that is borrowed and gives it it's own taste with respect and love for what it's doing. Even creating beautiful animation sequences with originality and passion.Bruno Bozzetto is perhaps best known for 40 years experience as an animator, creating such lovable characters as ''Mr.Rossi'' and experimenting in early stages of flash animation; such as ''Europeans vs Italians'' which you can watch online, and I highly recommend you go see.His best work was perhaps in the 70's. With such films as ''Mr.Rossi's Vacation'' and ''Allegro Non Troppo'', his take on Disney's (or ''Prisney's'') ''Fantasia''. His work often gives a unique blend of satirical, and light-hearted humour in the form of loving animation.Whilst ''Allegro Non Troppo'', may include a bit of sexual content in the opening sequence and a little dark humour (shackling a man in chains to force him to animate) this film is truly one of the funniest examples of parody out there.I highly recommend this film to all who love Fantasia, animation or comedy in general. This will most surely not disappoint and is one of the lost gems of comedy and animation, deserving higher recognition to a mainstream audience, no matter the age or language.

Flak_Magnet This is a rather splendid arrangement of experimental animated shorts, set to accompanyment by classical symphonic works and held together by a live action main story. Released in 1977 as a sort of Italian refutation of Disney's "Fantasia," the film reached moderate cult status amongst certain circles as a psychedelic tour de force. Included with the main film is a compendium of often bizarre animated works from the film's producer/director and braintrust (Bruno Bozzetto), as well as a documentary style short with the cast and crew. Watching the film now, without any, uh, "accompanyment," was still quite an enjoyable revisitation. However, this revisitation also brought about a realization of the unbalanced quality of the effort. Some of the shorts were just wonderfully constructed, showcasing the music perfectly, while others seemed to miss the mark a bit. Overall, though, this was a great cult film to revisit. Important last note: although the main film is appropriate for all ages, there is brief nudity and adult themes in the accompanying "Special Features" compendium of animated shorts.

Eumenides_0 A young filmmaker has an idea for a movie that he thinks is revolutionary: make an animated musical. As the movie is about to start, he receives a call from Hollywood to tell him someone called Prisney or Grisney has already done this. The enthused filmmaker doesn't let this affect his spirit.I think it's courteous of Bruno Bozzetto to so quickly acknowledge the debt this movie has to the original animated musical, Fantasia. Indeed Allegro Non Troppo is almost as good Disney's movie and in many ways more adult. It's not just that the situations are darker, sexier and more morally ambiguous.This movie is also a commentary on the creative process and so a lot of its jokes can be lost on a younger public. Unlike Fantasia, Bozzetto's movie has a lot of scenes with human characters interacting (these are shot in black-and-white, to contrast with the wonderful colors of the animated sequences). Here, the Maestro, the Presenter and the Animator discuss the creation of art in a hilarious way. For instance, the Animator has been chained to a wall for a long time, being only released to draw the animation. The orchestra, a group of decadent old ladies, has been kept in a cage and treated practically like cattle.This is a dark and satirical look into the procession of artistic creation and is what distinguishes Allegro Non Troppo from its ancestor.As for the sequences, they're all fascinating and the use of styles is remarkable. They use cartoons, interaction between humans and cartoons (like Who Framed Roger Rabit?), claymation and water colors. The choice of music is beautiful, including Sibelius' Valse Triste, Ravel's Bolero, plus Debussy, Stravinsky, Dvorak, and Vivaldi.Some sequences are surely meant to mirror sequences in Fantasia; others are witty observations about the stupidity of human life; others deal with timeless questions about Mankind. And some are just emotional pieces sure to bring anyone to tears.Like the Presenter boldly claims, Prisney never did anything like this. That doesn't mean it's better than Fantasia. I'd put it on the same level in terms of craft, intelligence, choice of music, and the ability to set animation to preexisting music. It can't be easy work and for that deserves to be better known so everyone can appreciate the hard work the filmmakers put into this.

standardbearer Some people describe it, as an Italian rip-off of Walt Disney classic: Fantasia. Okay, that might be true in. But what if, the "plagium" is WAY better, than the original???? Becuose that is true again. Disney released Fantasia in 1940, when it was a really big hit, and a revolutionary attempt to queue up these dialogue-less, and sometimes totally abstract flicks into a whole movie. A very good movie, and a surprisingly successful attempt it was indeed. Fantasia had a GREAT influence on the young Bozzetti back then, who decided, to make a film like that once, as a revelation of his crush on music and animation. 37 years later, "Allegro non Troppo" has been made. Again it was a great success, only this time the place was Italy, instead of the USA... But everyone should be aware for another all-time classic of animation masterwork's been born. The film starts with a pronouncer talking about that its not a Fantasia rip-off, he never even seen that Disney-stuff, and this is going to be much more fun anyway (yes, i agree). There's a live-action film that puts the animations in a frame, which is about a live production with orchestra (a bunch of old ladies, and their conductor), and a cartoonist, who designs the movie real-time onto the musical base. These parts are black and white, and since its an Italian film, its a series of hilarious jokes, and total chaos between them. The musical pieces running under animations, are Bozzettis personal favorites, and is a widely variated set, from Ravel's "Bolero", to Debussey's "The Fauns's afternoon". In this move you don't have to sit through several minutes of non-figurative mayhem (which is interesting for a limited period, but afterward...), which you had to do on fantasia, those tasteless, finicking centaurs been replaced by a sexy story of a faun, and the forever-marching dinos, with the famous "evolution from the coke-bottle" scene. This move is full of LIFE. Sometimes calm, other times teeming, but It is always funny and lyric, and things it has to say, it says them VERY loud. One of the greatest classics for you, who love animation and music.