'Fantasia: The Making of a Masterpiece' (1990 | 4K)

| Summary |
“Fantasia: The Making of a Masterpiece” is a documentary film that was released in 1991, along with the 50th anniversary edition of Walt Disney’s animated classic “Fantasia”.

| Chapters |
• 00:00 - Introduction
• 01:33 - Title Card
• 03:07 - "It All Started with a Mouse"

| Details |
The documentary, hosted by actor Michael Tucker (L.A. Law, Radio Days), explores the history and production of the original film, featuring interviews with some of the animators, composers, and historians who worked on or studied the project. The documentary also showcases some of the restoration work that was done to enhance the visual and audio quality of the film for its theatrical and home video release.

Interview subjects include:
Carl Falberg (Story Development)
Joe Grant (Story Director)
Frank Thomas (Animator)
Ron Haver (Film Curator - L.A. County Museum of Art)
Roy E. Disney
John Culhane (Film Historian)
Ward Kimball (Animator)
Marc Davis (Animator)
Ollie Johnston (Animator)
Ken Anderson (Art Director)
Leonard Maltin (Film Historian)
Pete Comandini (Restoration Expert)
Terry Porter (Recording Mixer)

The documentary reveals some of the artistic and technical challenges that the filmmakers faced in creating “Fantasia”, such as the use of live-action models, special effects, and the innovative Fantasound system that provided stereophonic sound.

It also highlights some of the creative decisions that shaped the film, such as the selection of musical pieces, the design of the characters and environments, and the editing of the segments.

Technical Details | Source: CAV LD | AI Upscaling: 4K | Titles: DaVinci Resolve 18.6 | 🐭

[Miss_Monroe]

This has finally been released to YouTube. The only other way to view this is on the VHS. Thanks for posting this

[besnikzogaj]

24:50 nice view of that sunset with this mountain top over here.

[katethemikufan]

Oh my gosh! Thank you for uploading this! I love this documentary so much.

[anniefinch]

I also remembered that this movie is on the program Walt Disney presents because Walt Disney mentioned it on some of his shows.

[anniefinch]

I remembered that this movie is on the program Walt Disney presents. I also remembered that this movie has to deal with the 2 holidays of Halloween and Christmas. I'm talking about A Night on Bald Mountain and The Nutcracker Suite in the movie Fantasia.

[anniefinch]

I think Michael Tucker should know that the name of this Mickey Mouse cartoon is The Band Concert. It was Mickey's first technicolor cartoon.

[anniefinch]

I remembered that this movie is on Disney plus and it's also in the program Once Upon a Studio. I love this movie and I love seeing Mickey.

[anniefinch]

I think this person should know that the third piece of music in Fantasia, The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a live action movie on Disney plus.

[anniefinch]

I think Michael Tucker should know that the name of this cartoon is Magician Mickey and it's on Disney plus.

[elietedarce]

When this restoration was finished, in 1990, they couldn't find all camera negative for all scenes, and the begining of the Pastoral segment, the scenes with winged horses, was restores from a dupemaster that was 3 generayions away ftom camera negative. But later editions, like the blu ray, show great quality for these scenes, indicating they found the missing camera negative gor these scenes or better master than what was used in 1990.

[AlejoCountryballs]

The movie can be enjoyed up to the pastoral part, because after that it bores me at a certain point.

[nickwerner]

So, just the end credits were the closing to the VHS?

[DiazdeCine]

An upscale from Laserdisc to 4K done with IA, can't be considered a remaster... it's a piece of trash...