Saturday, August 13, 2022

Bambi at 80

 


Disney's Bambi premiered 80 years ago. Originally not a boxoffice success, it now ranks among the most beautiful films of all time. The film's opening multiplane scene through the forest with its haunting musical choir arrangement leaves me speechless each time I watch it. And the character animation is -I said this before- poetry in motion. 

Earlier this week the BBC aired a great interview with Bambi's voice actor Donnie Dunagen. Now at age 87, he still remembers vividly his association with the character and the film. It is well worth listening to:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct34nl

A newspaper scrapbook page from Dunagen's own collection.



In 2011 I had the chance to spend time with Donnie Dunagen, when he was promoting the film's release on Bluray. 

https://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2014/12/donnie-dunagan.html




5 comments:

  1. Danke für den Link zu den zwei Interviews! ...Ja, die von Klopfer herausgedrukste Weisheit ist etwas, was sich gut in den Hinterkopf packen lässt....

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    1. Und wie stilistisch wunderschön der Film auch ist und wie viele unvergessliche Momente er auch hat...Die Szene auf dem Eis ist und bleibt mein Favorite!

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  2. It rules! every time I come back to it, I have a little more understanding, so I get something new out of it every time.
    Do you have any Bambi 2 stuff? It would be interesting to see how you reverse-engineered the style to recreate it

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  3. Bambi is a character that has influenced many cultures:)
    https://tinyurl.com/pmnc5nwz

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