Allegro non Troppo: Bruno Bozzetto’s Animated Music (Animation: Key Films/Filmmakers)

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com “A film that will let you see the music and listen to drawings; in a word, a film full of Fantasia!” Bruno Bozzetto’s Allegro non Troppo tips its hand right away: it is an unabashed, yet full of admiration, retake on Walt Disney’s 1940 “concert feature”. The obvious nod to that model fuels many tongue-in-cheek jokes in the film; however, Allegro non Troppo soon departs from mere parody, and becomes a showcase for the multifaceted aesthetics of Italian animation in 1976, as well as a witty social satire and a powerful rethinking of the music-image relationship in cinema. Marco Bellano reconstructs the history of the production of Allegro non Troppo, on the basis of an original research developed with the contribution of Bozzetto himself; it also presents an audiovisual analysis of the work, as to reassess the international relevance of Bozzetto’s achievements by giving insight into the director’s creative process. "A film that will let you see the music and listen to drawings; in a word, a film full of Fantasia!" Bruno Bozzetto's Allegro non Troppo tips its hand right away: it is an unabashed, yet full of admiration, retake on Walt Disney's 1940 "concert feature". The obvious nod to that model fuels many tongue-in-cheek jokes in the film; however, Allegro non Troppo soon departs from mere parody, and becomes a showcase for the multifaceted aesthetics of Italian animation in 1976, as well as a witty social satire and a powerful rethinking of the music-image relationship in cinema. Marco Bellano reconstructs the history of the production of Allegro non Troppo , on the basis of an original research developed with the contribution of Bozzetto himself; it also presents an audiovisual analysis of the work, as to reassess the international relevance of Bozzetto's achievements by giving insight into the director's creative process."-- Provided by publisher Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgements Preamble Foreword Introduction: Sketching around Bozzetto Part One The Whole Picture 1 Bruno Bozzetto’s Life and Works: From the Short Format to the Feature Film 2 Allegro non troppo at a Glance 3 The Path to Allegro non troppo Part Two The Episodes and Their Frame Premise 4 The Live-Action Frame 5 Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune 6 Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 7 7 Boléro 8 Valse triste Op. 44 No. 1 9 Concerto in C Major RV 559 10 The Firebird Suite (1919 Version) Finale(s) A Guide to Further Research Appendix 1: Musical compositions listed in the Allegro non troppo diaries Appendix 2: The Allegro non troppo that never was Bibliography