The Sorcerer's Apprentice called"), a garbled version of one of Goethe's lines ('), which is often used to describe a situation where somebody summons help or uses allies that he cannot control, especially in politics. The animated 1940 Disney film "Fantasia" popularized the story from Goethe's poem, and the Paul Dukas symphonic poem based on it, in one of eight animated shorts based on classical music. In the piece, which retains the title "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", Mickey Mouse plays the apprentice, and the story follows Goethe's original closely, except that the sorcerer ("Yen Sid", or "Disney" backwards) is stern and angry with his
Sorcerer (film) naive gesture of self-indulgence," and trivialized his effort to a mere attempt at remaking "his hero[,] Clouzot". David Badder, in "Monthly Film Bulletin", was of the opinion that even if the film had been truncated, it would not improve its quality. He described "Sorcerer" as "remarkably lacklustre", and did not appreciate the unstable tone of the movie which he called "impenetrably obscure". Additionally, he considered Scheider's role to be severely underdeveloped and "consist[ing] of meaningful stares off camera and mournful grimaces." On the other hand, "Sorcerer" garnered some acclaim from several major critics, including the "Chicago Sun-Times's" Roger Ebert, "The