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Classical Baby 2 (2005)
Delightful for adults as well as babies!
This fun and educational program offers a great way for kids to learn about classical music. A diapered baby conductor leads an animal orchestra as they work through compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky and others. The audience is made up of various animals that await the compositions with anticipation and delight when the classic strains begin to waft from the stage.
We saw this tonight on HBO and loved it! We want to see it again just for ourselves. We came in towards the end as a simple little animated cow was singing "O Mio Bambino Caro" to a sky full of stars in the shape of a bull. (You have the option of showing captions with the names of the singers or instrumentalists showing.) The music is all classical. This disc, however, is only 30 minutes long despite its description of being one hour. There is a 3 disc package available for sale with one disc for art, one for music and one for dance - maybe the other disc that we haven't seen combines dance and art. It is a lovely, intelligent, skilled presentation and you don't have to have a baby around to enjoy it!
Sasameyuki (1983)
Where is this movie?
We saw this beautiful movie several years ago at a Pacific Film Archive showing. We had read the book and found the film followed it faithfully and was gorgeously photographed. We just wish we knew if and when it will ever be made available on DVD or videotape. It was a pleasure to see a film that depicts life in nearly modern Japan with realistic people and locations. We have seen so many "studied" and arty films or medieval Japan that this one has remained a favorite ever since. We were pleased when a beautiful copy of "The Leopard" was released last year and hope that something this classic and beautiful can be made available to viewers.