If there’s one thing Disney is an expert at, it’s not letting its intellectual properties or characters die, even if it sometimes does so in unexpected ways. It has been almost a century since the first installment of Chic (1940) was released, but its essence did not die in the house of mouse.
The origin of Chic It’s so remote that it’s Disney’s third animated feature filmin which Walt Disney himself was in charge of production. Disney had already tried very rhythmic short filmswhich went to the rhythm of the music, but until then had not been put into practice through a feature film.
The concept came from a very powerful idea: put classic compositions in images and known to the public by artists such as: Bach, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky any Beethoven.
To do this, they used a series of short films that they grouped together within the same film through the common thread of attending a a live musical performance. It was a unique proposal, which disney It took years to return for a sequel.
When he did so, it was not by chance between 1999 and the year 2000, but that date was chosen as a big event to celebrate the turn of the century through Fantasy 2000 and to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first installment.
With a new series of classic compositions and short films Disney has remained true to the philosophy from the previous film, as well as traditional 2D animation style of the company, being one of the most recent exponents of this technique.
Disney Didn’t Forget Fantasia
For 25 years, Disney showed no sign of wanting to bring us a third feature film Chic to cinemas, but he never forgot the relevance that the first film, especially, had.
That’s why in 2010 he brought out the shameful live-action adaptation of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice starring Nicolas Cage, which is difficult to find similar to the short film starring Mickey Mouse and which would be better forgotten.
Although that same year he also did something very well: the video game Epic Mickeyin which the company’s lost legacy was valued, starting with Oswald, the lucky rabbit, a character who ended up becoming the famous mouse that became an emblem of Disney.
So no, Chic It has not been relegated to absolute oblivion, but perhaps it is waiting for the moment to shine again as it deserves, perhaps when that happens. a new event that could justify your return for the third time on the big screen.
This could happen sooner or later, given the obvious need for the Mouse House to continue releasing sequels, remakes and other spin-offs from previous productions. But there is something that would differentiate fantasy 3 from the restif it were decided to opt for a third delivery instead of bump into another The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.
Fantasia is a love letter to music that doesn’t work like other sequels
Chic It’s more of a formula than a movie.because it plays with a specific concept and structures that are not made to surprise in the narrative, but to expose on a sensory levelin your combination of music and image.
Therefore, I would not see a continuation as problematic as other recent sequences that have come to light, in which there are other elements involved that impoverish them, such as repetitions at the level of the plot and the return to already known characters who need to be the center of the action once again.
fantasy 3 Not only would it break with this by offering new short films with different protagonists, but it would also would give the orchestra back the place of recognition it deserves.
Although much of the Featured Disney Animation Releases are musicals, no film has given as much value to music as Chic and Fantasy 2000who briefly introduced us to the space in which his songs were performed.
The master of ceremonies introduced each of the songs that would be played and then started the show, in an original game of lights and shadows that followed the movements of the people playing the melodies with their instruments and then opened a short film.
In the absence of dialogue, Chic He relies only on sounds and rhythm, sometimes he plays only with abstract images and other times he introduces a story through his drawings. Chic It is a concert illustrated by short filmsa much more artistic experiment, and therefore more likely to be rescued without being affected by being a third party.
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