Disney on a Sunday

[tealin]

I.
Has anyone seen The Three Caballeros lately? What was up with that??

II.
Viva el aire condicionado! (I don't know any Spanish!)

III.
Disneyland has a population of feral cats! It gets cooler every time I visit. Except when it's hot. REALLY HOT.

Comments

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I remember Make Mine Music! Isn't that the one that had the Flight of the Bumblebee where the bee was chased by flowers that turned into piano keys?

Some Fantasia sequences more than others were a bit tripped out, it's true. I think it got the reputation because there was no real linear plot to follow but a lot of beautiful art; it might be normal to see hippos and alligators dancing in a Disney film, but without dialogue or extended plot it all becomes very abstracted, and probably easier to watch while stoned :D I've heard from various sources that the thing to do in the sixties was get high and then watch Fantasia.

[canisdoofus.livejournal.com]

Yes, "Flight of the Bumblebee" is one Salvia-trip short of The Wall. And you're talking to someone who's only substance is a good Scotch and hates hard drugs!

The fame Fantasia generated in drug culture was that when it was re-released in the late 60's, all these hippies would trip and see like 12 showings of it in a row, because it was the only Disney feature film of the time with such a sequence. I wouldn't know much else, as I do not take drugs.

But yes, 1940!Fantasia is more so artsy than trippy. If anything, I can see it being more of a pot-head movie for visuals than anything else (maybe ecstasy, if the music had been recorded with modern technology, cuz it's a little too canned-sounding to be fully appreciated on any substance), much in the same sense than one would hit a bowl before going to an art gallery.