cineatomy on Instagram: "Before Disney’s Fantasia (1940) hit theaters, the film was set to include a mesmerizing “Clair de Lune” sequence 🌝 Fully animated and orchestrated, it depicted herons gliding over the misty Everglades under moonlight. But despite the beauty and technical achievement, the segment was cut to keep the film’s runtime manageable. The music wasn’t lost, though - the delicate Debussy score, captured by Leopold Stokowski with the Philadelphia Orchestra, was later reused for the

Explaining a Movie on Instagram: "@explainingamovie teaches you something new about movies everyday! While developing Fantasia in 1940, Walt Disney approved a complete “Clair de Lune” segment set to Debussy’s score. Directed by James Algar and animated by a small team led by Milton Quon, it followed two herons gliding through the Everglades under moonlight. The piece was finished, fully painted and orchestrated, but removed late in production to bring the film’s long runtime down. The footage di

Psychedelic Archives on Instagram: "In Disney’s Fantasia 2000, animation and classical music converged in one of cinema’s most powerful tributes to nature. Set to Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite (1919), the final segment is inspired by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens—its violent ecological destruction and the miraculous rebirth that followed. The story follows a forest spirit who awakens spring, only to be consumed by a fiery force. From the ashes emerges not only loss, but renewal. Visually a