Allegro Non Troppo

Rating:
Summary: Not fully realized.
Review: Without a doubt "Allegro Non Troppo"is fun, but it is not great. It is addictive. Thus, the cult that has grown up around it, and kept the movie in print for nearly two decades. The animated vignettes and the music are very well done (especially the wry take on evolution set to "Bollero," and the Debussy piece). However, thesatire is often heavy-handed, obvious, and out of sync with the more graceful animated sections. It's all moot, however. You wouldn't be hunting for this movie, or reading these reviews if you hadn't already seen it. Supposedly, there are recently released, remastered editions of this movie. Beware, the newer releases are said to be dubgbed in English. The sound (if it really has been remastered) might be better, but it's never "the same movie" when it's been dubbed. A matter of taste, I guess.