Walt Disney
In the last few years I have become more obsessed with Disney animation/film. Everytime there's a documentary on Disney or Pixar I'm glued to the set even if it's one I've seen over and over.
It's quite possible that Walt has replaced Spielberg as my number one film 'idol'. There's something in the way that Walt commanded the storytelling that made the magic happen. He didn't wave the wand and sing bibbity bobbity boo, but he brought to life so many timeless stories. Yes they were adaptations, but they were his own telling.
I would have loved to have lived in that time and been in those studios just to watch him work. Listening to him quote what movie making and "Disney" meant to him brings out such emotion in me.
Don't get me wrong, as far as live action story telling goes I still feel Spielberg is in a class by himself... but there's something about the whole of Disney that just hasn't been topped. I pray that Lassetter and the newest team running the company brings the magic back. They've shown promise, but I'm tired of 3D Disney Animation. I love Pixar's stuff... I want 2D back. And not Emperor's New Groove or Hercules 2D... I want a 2D film with heart and soul like the classics.
nostalgicIt's quite possible that Walt has replaced Spielberg as my number one film 'idol'. There's something in the way that Walt commanded the storytelling that made the magic happen. He didn't wave the wand and sing bibbity bobbity boo, but he brought to life so many timeless stories. Yes they were adaptations, but they were his own telling.
I would have loved to have lived in that time and been in those studios just to watch him work. Listening to him quote what movie making and "Disney" meant to him brings out such emotion in me.
Don't get me wrong, as far as live action story telling goes I still feel Spielberg is in a class by himself... but there's something about the whole of Disney that just hasn't been topped. I pray that Lassetter and the newest team running the company brings the magic back. They've shown promise, but I'm tired of 3D Disney Animation. I love Pixar's stuff... I want 2D back. And not Emperor's New Groove or Hercules 2D... I want a 2D film with heart and soul like the classics.
