Fantasia (1940) w/ animator Tim Reckart

<div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><span class= "style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Watch on YouTube: <a href= "https://youtu.be/vMy1YU1bczE">https://youtu.be/vMy1YU1bczE</a></span></div> <div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"> </div> <div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><span class= "style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">James and Thomas discuss an animated classic, Walt Disney's <em>Fantasia</em> (1940), with Oscar-nominated animator and director Timothy Reckart ("Head Over Heels", <em>The Star</em>). Included in the conversation are some remarks touching upon <em>Fantasia 2000</em> (1999). Both films are available for streaming on Disney+.<br /> <br /> Speaking about the film, Walt Disney said, “<em>Fantasia</em> is timeless. It may run ten, twenty, thirty years. <em>Fantasia</em> is an idea in itself. I can never build another. I can improve. I can elaborate. That is all."<br /> <br /> In this episode we discuss <em>Fantasia'</em>s timelessness, investigating its groundbreaking developments in animation and sound, and its thematic concerns of hierarchy and social organization, as well as its occasional imperfections and pandering. Tim Reckart also reflects on the strengths and weaknesses of animation: What does it offer that live action doesn't?</span></div> <div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"> </div> <div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><span class= "style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><strong>Next on Criteria:</strong> the fourth installment of <em>Dekalog</em>, the 10-part miniseries directed by Polish auteur Krzysztof Kieślowski.</span></div> <div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"> </div> <div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"><strong><span class= "style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir= "auto">Links</span></strong></div> <div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"> <div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa"> <p>Tim Reckart's "Head Over Heels" (Academy Award Nominee, Best Animated Short) <a href="http://www.headoverheels.tv/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.headoverheels.tv/</a> </p> <p>Walt Disney explains the multiplane camera <a href= "htt