hoosierinanity.blogspot.com - 10/27/2009
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When Walt Disney first produced Fantasia (1940), he envisioned a project that would be constantly renewed, updated, and released with new segments of animation set to classical music. Fantasia , in concept, was to be an ongoing film series that always presented audiences with something new. ...
The darkness of Disney 2: The Skeleton Dance
hoosierinanity.blogspot.com 10/12/2009 — In 1929, on the heels of Mickey Mouse's initial popularity, Walt Disney sought to expand the number of cartoons regularly released by his studio. He did so by creating the Silly Symphonies series, which ran from 1929 to 1939 for a total of 75 cartoons. Silly Symphonies usually featured stories ...
The darkness of Disney: Night on Bald Mountain
hoosierinanity.blogspot.com 10/8/2009 — I'm tired of all the people whining about how Disney is too "cute and fluffy" to own Marvel Comics. Disney ain't just talking mice and cuddly critters, ya know. To prove it, I'm devoting the rest of this month to exploring the DARKNESS of DISNEY . For me, there's no better way to start things ...
The darkness of Disney 12: Tarzan
hoosierinanity.blogspot.com 10/29/2009 — Disney's Tarzan (1999) is, to date, the most expensive traditionally-animated (that is, 2D/hand-animated) movie ever made, costing nearly $150 million U.S. to produce. Much of the film's cost was due to the Deep Canvas 3D backgrounds that the studio developed to make the backgrounds MOVE and ...
The darkness of Disney 7: Destino
hoosierinanity.blogspot.com 10/23/2009 — The art of surrealism is often the stuff of nightmares, literally -- and despite the contrary complaints of his peers and critics, no one was better, or more successful at it, than Salvador Dalí. Dalí, who firmly adhered to the writings of Sigmund Freud, was quite adept at depicting his dreams ...
The darkness of Disney 3: "The Bells of Notre Dame"
hoosierinanity.blogspot.com 10/14/2009 — While the early Disney artists are usually credited for venturing into the darker side of creativity, the later artists -- particularly those of the so-called Disney Renaissance (1989-1999) -- also deserve such credit. Case in point: the astonishing introduction to the Disney feature, The ...
The darkness of Disney 6: The death of Bambi's mother
hoosierinanity.blogspot.com 10/20/2009 — Like Disney's villains, the death of Bambi's mother (from the feature film Bambi , 1942) is almost TOO EASY to list as an example of the darkness evident in Disney animated films. Disney has never been one to shy away from confronting audiences with death. Not only have plenty of characters ...
The darkness of Disney 5: Victory Through Air Power
hoosierinanity.blogspot.com 10/19/2009 — When the USA entered World War II, the government enlisted the help of Hollywood studios to act not only as morale boosters for troops and civilians, but also as massive propaganda machines. Disney was no exception to this, and the studio produced many films commissioned by the government, ...
The Darkness film rumors
topcowblog.blogspot.com 7/31/2009 — According to Bloody-Disgusting , Channing Tatum ( G.I. Joe , Step Up ) has been cast in the latest comic book-cum-movie, The Darkness. The film is to be directed by The Pang Brothers, who were responsible for the original Asian version of The Eye and Bangkok Dangerous ( both the original and the ...
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