ALLEGRO NON TROPPO (1977)

Italy's response to the Disney classical music/animation hybrid "Fantasia," this film features a series of cartoon shorts set to the likes of Claude Debussy, Joseph-Maurice Ravel and Antonio Vivaldi. The animated segments feature both the humorous and fantastical: an aged satyr attempts to regain its lost youth, a bee is interrupted mid-meal by two lovers, the myth of Adam and Eve is retold and more. In between cartoons, a filmmaker (Maurizio Nichetti) struggles to complete the film.
Release date: July 27, 1977 (USA)
Director: Bruno Bozzetto
Language: Italian
Music composed by: Antonín Dvořák, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Antonio Vivaldi, Igor Stravinsky, Jean Sibelius
Screenplay: Bruno Bozzetto, Maurizio Nichetti, Guido Manulli

These films were originally produced long before the advent of High Definition TV, therefore they are best viewed on a small screen. HD TVs tend to stretch and skew the picture. Set your HD TV on 4:3 aspect ratio. (That was the old TV format). Please do not expect DVD or Commercial level DVDs from these films.