Silly Symphonies: Renegades and Fine Romance

4th Apr 08
Silly Symphonies: Renegades and Fine Romance Watch

What:
Silly Symphonies: Renegades and Fine Romance

Where:
Cinema A, Australian Cinémathèque, Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank

When:
Sun 6 April - Sun April 13

How much:
Free

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Back in the early days of Disney—before the hand of God would have had just cause to smite the company executives for committing idolatry—Walt also had a series of animated shorts that didn’t include iconic characters at all. Silly Symphonies, as they were dubbed, were reworks of classic tales and nursery rhymes set to a range of musical compositions.

Not the darling of social memory like the skeleton band in The Skeleton Dance, this instalment of animated musical mayhem does feature the death of a songbird mid-serenade. But who killed cock robin? Can a string of incompetent police birds using tactics reminiscent of Bjelke-Peterson’s time catch the feathered fiend?

harp-playing spider with ill intentions, swooning hens and proud cocks, a pretty pussy bull and a couple of bugs in love.

Everyone loves a good session of cartoon watching. Head to GoMA and make your Sunday afternoon one of all singing, all dancing ditties in Technicolor!

By Elliott Bledsoe

Format: Festival

Mood: Whimsical

Keywords: GOMA, Disney

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