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Title: Disney That Never Was: The Stories and Art of Five Decades of Unproduced Animat. by Charles Solomon ISBN: 0-7868-6037-5 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of Our TOP TEN Books on the Walt Disney Studios
Comment: The preservation of art history is often an under appreciated passion. Fortunately, film critic and animation historian Charles Solomon was "bitten" long ago, and throughout his career has maintained a devotion to appreciating forgotten animation source material.
In the long and illustrious career of Walt Disney, many projects never made the final step to the silver screen. Whether diverted due to shifts in popular demand, the intervention of a World War, or the changing priorities of a living studio, several early Disney animation projects were met with a similar fate. Some were shelved until the timing of the project was a better fit with studio production schedules (The Little Mermaid); while others were indefinitely postponed due to unresolved conflicts in visualizing the final product (Salvador Dali's "Destino").
The result was a wealth of animation treasure; all of it directly connected to the hand of the artist. Storyboards, sketches, original drawings, concept art and production backgrounds; most of which were created by artists at the height of their creative ability. Legendary Disney artists of the time included Marc Davis, Mary Blair, Ferdinand Horvath, Kay Nielsen, Mel Shaw, Bill Peet, Sylvia Holland, and Joe Grant.
Much of this art has rested silently for the past half century in the animation archives of the Walt Disney Studios. Solomon brings this magnificent art to light, allowing contemporary viewers to appreciate anew the talented men and women who labored at the studio during Disney's golden age of animation.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must for hardcore Disney fans...
Comment: If you're like me, everytime you see the newest Disney picture, you can't help but wonder, "What are they working on now?" Well, this book might answer some of that longing (at least you'll know what they're _not_ working on). Although it only spans the years when Walt himself was alive, we are shown enough of the Disney might-have-beens to fill our dreams for a while. To be honest, I didn't read most of the text (so many books; so little time), but that didn't keep me from thoroughly enjoying the book, since more than 2/3 is pictures anyway. The captions are well-written and informative--probably for people like me who don't read the text so that we can get the main points anyway. It's really fascinating to see how ideas are developed and why they get scrapped even though the artwork is so terrific. A chapter on wartime Disney was very entertaining--seeing what Disney did to balance the desire to make a political statement with their particular brand of family entertainment. I recommend this book to anyone interested in art styles and the development of animation or films of any kind.
Rating: 5
Summary: Pull back the curtain and see what's behind
Comment: Disney is often considered to be the premiere house for animation. Yet in the course of creation, there will always be ideas that were rejected, or didn't gel, or just fell apart. Luckily, Disney kept everything - good, bad or unused, and created a bounty for the animation historian. This book allows a peek behind the creative process. We are familiar with what made it to the screen, but Solomon shows us what didn't make it. A combination of a history of Disney successess and failures, and a portfolio of hidden artwork, this book is a trove of Disney information that is usually overlooked. It is interesting, following the release of Fantasia 2000, to look back at actual work prepared for Walt's original idea of re-releasing Fantasia annually with different pieces, creating more than just a film, but an experience. Economics and logistics kept this from happening, and only 60 years later did a new attempt at this vision appear. There is so much more that did not make it, beause of money, lack of story, politics or more, and most of the parts rightfully finally get their day in the sun (some of the work should stay buried, but that's few and far between). A fascinating look at "the rest of the story."
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Title: Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney's Inspirational Sketch Artists by John Canemaker ISBN: 0786861525 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 14 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: Disney Treasures, The by Robert Tieman ISBN: 0786853905 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: Imagineering Way, The: Ideas to Ignite Your Creativity by The Imagineers ISBN: 0786854014 Publisher: Disney Editions Pub. Date: 30 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Designing Disney: Imagineering and the Art of the Show by John Hench, Wendy Lefkon, Peggy Van Pelt ISBN: 0786854065 Publisher: Disney Editions Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Paper Dreams: The Art And Artists Of Disney Storyboards by John Canemaker ISBN: 0786863072 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: 20 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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