It was the selection that stuck with me as a kid, along with "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." Both have the same emotional buildup as disaster looms, and sudden relief from an unexpected source, but "Night on Bald Mountain" ends with promise of joy and the other, punishment for mischief. There were more moral lessons in everything at the time, not just Disney. Then some kind of nihilism crept into our lives.
It was the selection that stuck with me as a kid, along with "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." Both have the same emotional buildup as disaster looms, and sudden relief from an unexpected source, but "Night on Bald Mountain" ends with promise of joy and the other, punishment for mischief. There were more moral lessons in everything at the time, not just Disney. Then some kind of nihilism crept into our lives.