Animated Man A Life of Walt Disney

Name: Animated Man A Life of Walt Disney
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ISBN: 9780520256194

ISBN-10: 0520256190

ISBN-13: 9780520256194

Edition: 2007

Authors: Michael Barrier, Michael Barrier

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Walt Disney (1901-1966) was one of the most significant creative forces of the twentieth century, a man who made a lasting impact on the art of the animated film, the history of American business, and the evolution of twentieth-century American culture. He was both a creative visionary and a dynamic entrepreneur, roles whose demands he often could not reconcile. In his compelling new biography, noted animation historian Michael Barrier avoids the well-traveled paths of previous biographers, who have tended to portray a blemish-free Disney or to indulge in lurid speculation. Instead, he takes the full measure of the man in his many aspects. A consummate storyteller, Barrier describes how…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 412
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: "It's All Me"



"The Pet in the Family": On the Farm and in the City, 1901-1923



"A Cute Idea": The Self-Taught Filmmaker, 1923-1928



"You've Got to Really Be Minnie": Building a Better Mouse, 1928-1933



"This Character Was a Live Person": The Leap to Feature Films, 1934-1938



"A Drawing Factory": Ambition's Price, 1938-1941



"A Queer, Quick, Delightful Gink": On a Treadmill, 1941-1947



"Caprices and Spurts of Childishness": Escaping from Animation, 1947-1953



"He Was Interested in Something Else": Escaping from Film, 1953-1959



"Where I Am Happy": Restless in the Magic Kingdom, 1959-1965



"He Drove Himself Right Up to the End": Dreaming of a Nightmare City, 1965-1966


Afterword: "Let's Never Not Be a Silly Company"


Notes


Index