We're all firming up our lists of the best new films of 2007- at least, I know I am. But I think it's also important to look back at the classics we finally caught up with this past year. I've seen some real corkers, but none has stuck with me quite like the 1933 animated short Night on Bald Mountain. Directed by husband-and-wife team Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker, this short made excellent use of Modeste Mussorgsky's composition, beating Fantasia to the punch by seven years. While Alexeieff and Parker lacked Disney's resources, the film is nonetheless one of the most visually ravishing animated films I've ever seen.
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