Another excerpt from a UK TV show featuring the life of Walt Disney.
In this clip Marc Davis and Frank Thomas describe what an asset Walt was when it came to getting a hold of an animated character.
I remember Ollie Johnston telling me how Walt acted out Baloo's entrance, dancing, finger snapping and singing. Next time you watch that sequence from The Jungle Book think about Walt Disney as the inspiration for the character.
If you want to know who Walt Disney really was, just listen to the artists who worked with him.
They are the ones who tell you the truth !!
Thanks for sharing this. It´s always great to listen these Masters.
ReplyDeleteThis documentary is so great, wish I could watch it all, as we have seen several parts of it uploaded in the Blog. Sadly is not on youtube, or I was looking with the wrong name. Could anybody help? :)
ReplyDeleteI will keep posting the more interesting bits of this TV special.
DeleteThanks, Andreas. Yes, the old guys got it right. Walt was a master storyteller and actor. Lucky us who got to work with him first hand.
ReplyDeleteAwesome, as always. Thanks for the constant inspiration!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the clip, Andreas. I'd love to see more of this documentary. I know UK Channel 5 had a program from the 90s, 'Secret Lives', and did one on Walt that I saw quite a few years ago. Seemed half the time they just went out to find anyone who had a problem with him and fueled a lot of what may have also been heresay. Whilst I know that he probably wasn't the most perfect of human beings (which no one is) and ran a tight ship I just took some of it with a pinch of salt at times. I don't always know what to take as the truth since the company mostly wants to paint Walt in the best light.
ReplyDeleteIf only we could see actual film of Walt acting out the characters of a movie. Wouldn't that be something!
ReplyDelete"If you want to know who Walt Disney really was, just listen to the artists who worked with him."
ReplyDeleteSo true. There is so much misinformation and slanderous innuendo that gets posted on the internet about Walt Disney; it's very frustrating. Like every human Walt had his flaws , but when we actually read/listen/ watch interviews with those who worked closely with him we see a true portrait of the man. He is one of the few who deserve the title Creative Producer. (sadly, most of the time that particular honorific is given to people who are not in any way , shape , or form "creative").
"I will keep posting the more interesting bits of this TV special."
Yes, please. (Thank you!)
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