Fantasia °° °° (Walt Disney)
Rated G vat the Stanley Cinema

Us hard to believe, but

this Disney classic hit

the screens in PGA with
a resounding splat.

Sheoes perimental mvrniage ot
ane ai1an and Classical music met
with some pause. alot on hisses
Tram music purists and very tev
dollars trom the uninterested
masses, It wasn dauatil three de-
cades later when the drap culture
took atupoasa ‘trp’ tila. tbat
Fantasra turned a promt,

Those who have seen the flim in
the fast TO vears may notice a dit-
ferent soundtrack, fn the late “70s,
the score wars rerecorded with
state of the art technology. Now
Disney has spruced up the original
Leopold Stohoveskt stereo tracks
Che fiest stereo movie. dubbed
Tantasound? and, wath trame- by -
frame cleaning, painstakingly
restored it to its original dazzling
vision OF SO veats ago.

The only part that doesn’t age
well is the finking narration, which
tries a Tittle too hard to explain
why classical music ts good tor
you. However, it does provide a

20 - Wednesday, October 10. 1990 - North Shore News

Fantasia refreshed

Necessary breather between the
seven sequences that aires Sannin
eo attipelees OF Crea EN ibs

The Dance or the ffaurs ballet
spool with dnppos crocodiles aad
osterches: Miekey Mouse at fhe
Sorcerers Apprentice and the
hotlist Naght coy Bald Meuotauy
fate as the mest memorable sec
Tens.

The rest ane no souches mind
sou. Bach’s Toccata and bug) in
D Atinor ns presented as an inter
esting abstract piece while Phe
Nutonicker Sates pure Dispes
chara The Rite of Spring
becomes a drmane histor Oot our
planets creation and Beethoven's
saath on Pastoral Sv mphans is
plaved out by ¢ haracters of Greek
en thology

Walt pushed his artists to ther
emits with this daring and expen:
sive showcpe. Althouuh a halt
century has passed. thanks to
Modern restoration, ther tertile
MAINO remains UNdimimed.
Peter Pan °° * Ys: (Walt Disney
Home Video} Rated G

The simplicity oF Peter Panis
perhaps its greatest virtue. Ht relies
on chad and subtle moments to
amuse,

On Wendy Dorling’s list night in

Massive portions served

From page 18
bargain.

But more than price, it’s portion
at Andrea's.

Table Hopping ordered a Pepper
Steak Mediterranean Style
($12.95),

It arrived aboard an oblong
stainless steel platter laden with
rice and Greek salad.

The meat was chopped into
large chunks and served in a stir
fry of anions, green peppers and
lomaioes covered in sweet brown

sauce,
The portions were massive, aad
the dish also came with a side
order of garlic toast from the land
of Brobdingnag.
An opening order of Houmous

North Shore

VINA VIETNAMESE CUISINE
is reopening on Friday, October 12

Sam, Pierre, Sean, Don, Paul and the rest of the Vina staff wish to
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experience that has been a fine tradition of the

" VIETNAMESE CUISINE

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West Vancouver

926-6001

($3.50) was somewhat bland. with
little garlic Kick. The white pita
bread served with it was stale,

Service was initially slow, but
meals were served quickly once
orders were taken,

Andrea's stat is young and
triendly. Its patrons range from
seniors to tamilies.

Its food is big and subtle as a tly-
ing mallet.

No desserts are offered by Aa-
drea’s on the sound reasoning that
once through an Andrea's entree,
hoe patron would have room for
anything else.

Andrea‘s: ior hearty tamily tare
at reasonable prices in busting
surroundings.

TIM
BELL

film review

the nursery Peter Pan the boy
who weuldo taro. up comes to
take her and her brothers ta Never
Land A brreathtikine scene: at
animation shows the children
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night as chev tollaw Che second
stun to the svhtand dy stracht on
uot morning

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funny Captain Hook with the help
ot The bast Bove. Tinker Bell and
ata king Crocodihe hungry tor
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