# What film is this? (probably 1970's) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-is-this-probably-1970s/422396 "2007-10-11T22:39:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-is-this-probably-1970s/422396/1 "2007-10-11T22:39:23Z")
I saw it when I was really little so I don’t remember much. In fact I really only remember one scene anymore. The scene really hit me hard as a kid though so I would like to know where it came from. It was an animated cat, that had gotten left home alone. It kept hoping it’s former owners were coming home, but they never did (at least as I remember it). Not the entire film was animated. It might have been made up of several shorts. To this day the scene brings tears to my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-is-this-probably-1970s/422396/2 "2007-10-11T22:48:11Z")
That’s the Valse Triste (by Sibelius) section of [Allegro Non Troppo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegro_non_troppo), the Italian version of Fantasia. It’s available on youtube if you wanna revisit the pathos. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-is-this-probably-1970s/422396/3 "2007-10-11T23:22:36Z")
Wow! Just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes. That’s the one though. I don’t remember anything else. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-is-this-probably-1970s/422396/4 "2007-10-12T02:42:58Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] Wow! Just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes. That’s the one though. I don’t remember anything else. [/QUOTE] Yeah, it was really sad (almost as sad as the Futurama episode with Fry’s dog) and the music really works well with it. It’s the best piece of the whole movie, IMO. The non-animated parts are kinda goofy slapstick and the other animated pieces aren’t nearly as good. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-is-this-probably-1970s/422396/5 "2007-10-12T05:00:08Z")
Just watched [it on YouTube,](http://youtube.com/watch?v=D3Blm2qWduY) and, um, I kinda wish that I hadn’t… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-is-this-probably-1970s/422396/6 "2007-10-12T14:55:34Z")
_Why_ do I watch things that make me cry? Poor kitty…_sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-is-this-probably-1970s/422396/7 "2007-10-12T15:10:26Z")
At the end the cat starts glowing as did the people in his memories, and then he vanishes. A comment on YouTube suggests the cat is dead and doesn’t know it. I thought the cat was alive and alone, and it was an artistic way of showing its death. Opinions? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-is-this-probably-1970s/422396/8 "2007-10-12T15:19:25Z")
[QUOTE=Hail Ants] Just watched [it on YouTube,](http://youtube.com/watch?v=D3Blm2qWduY) and, um, I kinda wish that I hadn’t… ☹ [/QUOTE] > [@Marlitharn](#): > > Why do I watch things that make me cry? Poor kitty…_sniff_ [Take this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpA2tMrQ4RU). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-is-this-probably-1970s/422396/9 "2007-10-12T15:28:39Z")
[QUOTE=tremorviolet] Yeah, it was really sad (almost as sad as the Futurama episode with Fry’s dog) and the music really works well with it. It’s the best piece of the whole movie, IMO. The non-animated parts are kinda goofy slapstick and the other animated pieces aren’t nearly as good. [/QUOTE] Although the Sibelius is a lovely piece, I think the hands-down best segment of the film (one I would take over any sequence of either _Fantasia_) is the truly inspired rendition of [Ravel’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hiy1EZfVGYU) [Bolero](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ox2AyNUJiw&mode=related&search=). ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-is-this-probably-1970s/422396/10 "2007-10-12T16:14:15Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] [Take this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpA2tMrQ4RU). [/QUOTE] You utter bastard! That was worse! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-is-this-probably-1970s/422396/11 "2007-10-12T16:20:45Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] At the end the cat starts glowing as did the people in his memories, and then he vanishes. A comment on YouTube suggests the cat is dead and doesn’t know it. I thought the cat was alive and alone, and it was an artistic way of showing its death. Opinions? [/QUOTE] I don’t know, I kinda like it better if he’s a ghost. Hmmm, but if he’s a ghost, does that mean he’s doomed to wander the ruins forever, feeling lonely? Or is it better if he dies and goes off to join his famiy who obviously abandoned him at some point? Dang it, those are both sorta tragic. I’m gonna decide his family lost him when they were evacuated during the bombing of WWII and his ghost was tied to the house, the last place he was happy. And now that the house is destroyed so his soul is free to go join his family again. And go reapply my mascara… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-is-this-probably-1970s/422396/12 "2007-10-12T17:12:36Z")
[QUOTE=Marlitharn] You utter bastard! [/QUOTE] Hehhehheh. That song is still going through your head, isn’t it? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-film-is-this-probably-1970s/422396/13 "2007-10-12T18:14:15Z")
[QUOTE=Hail Ants] Just watched [it on YouTube,](http://youtube.com/watch?v=D3Blm2qWduY) and, um, I kinda wish that I hadn’t… ☹ [/QUOTE] Excuse me, I have to go snuggle with my kitteh now.