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 enlarge | Authors: Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas
Publisher: Disney Editions
Category: Book
List Price: $60.00
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Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 9047
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Rev Sub
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 576
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.4
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 10.6 x 1.5
ISBN: 0786860707
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.580979494
EAN: 9780786860708
ASIN: 0786860707
Publication Date: October 19, 1995
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Condition: BRAND NEW
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 A kid again! October 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book brings back the nostalgia of yesteryear and reminds you of what REAL animation is supposed to look like. Now don't get me wrong there is a lot to be said about cgi, but there's just something missing from the "new" stuff. In my opinion cgi leaves a lot to be desired. There was something so warm and wonderful about the animation the 9 old men created... they did such amazing work and this book helps honor them. Not to mention, it is a great way to see how the real masters did it.
A must-have item! September 15, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For those people who wants to work with graphics, It's very important to have contact with newest technologies and media. But to have real growth, the basis is here. Beautiful book! Compared to price, is the best benefit in whole amazon site!
Animator's Ultimate Guide September 4, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's an amazing book! Everything you want to know about the business and the pure art and joy of being an animator from the masters.
 Disillusioned. Skip It. August 26, 2007
4 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is a biased and officially licensed piece of pro-Walt Disney propaganda. The animation tips from Frank Thomas, one of the greatest animators who ever lived, are priceless. But he and his buddy Ollie Johnston (who was not nearly as talented as Thomas) are biased, and as a history, it is severely flawed.
Many vital artists to the Disney style of animation are given the shaft, which essentially anyone outside of the Nine Old Men. Fred Moore, Art Babbitt, and Bill Tytla are almost completely ignored. Director Jack Kinney and animator John Sibley, the team responsible for Disney's inarguably best short subject series, Goofy, are not even mentioned. They do a good job of erasing all of the 'bombs' such as Alice in Wonderland and Three Caballeros as well.
I also am repulsed at the lauding of such features as Robin Hood and The Rescuers, in favor of work by the studio many years earlier that was inarguably superior. And any tome this size that gives only four mentions to Dumbo is not worth owning.
Skip it.
Wonderful August 5, 2007
Wonderful and very useful book, highly recommended for everyone who's interested in the world of animation and its history.
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