Fantasia (1940) is a pure artistic expression of light and sound, utilizing every aspect of its medium to create a masterpiece of cinematic animation.
A sequence of still images becomes a sweeping motion picture, and a collection of atmospheric distortions merge to form a soaring symphony, but only because enough people decided they should. From the artist sweating over her easel as she inks and paints each of the film's frames, to the musicians singing and sighing at the conductor's…
