The Evil Of Disney

[poliphilo]

I'm told that Werner von Braun- the scientist who built rockets for Hitler (slave labour was involved) and later for NASA, also designed rides for Disney.

I love it. A life that links the Third Reich, the Space Race and Disneyland deserves to be novelized- deserves to be turned into the biggest of block-buster movies.

I've always hated Disney. The way his factory turned all those great children's stories into formulaic, sentimental kiddie-feed. Pah!

Note the word "hate". Not "dislike". This an affair of the passions and not so far removed from love. The animation in those early films- Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo- leaves me gasping with admiration.

And I have a weird, twisted regard (as you may have guessed) for Mary Poppins and its companion-piece, the under-rated Bed-knobs and Broomsticks.

That Disney magic- an evil spell cast across children's entertainment for more than half a century, so that rivals felt they had no choice but to attempt to do the same thing only worse: how glad I am- how very, very glad- that Pixar has escaped from its shadow!

Comments

[ibid.livejournal.com]

Oh yes - that's my happy film for when I'm down. The cat bus always makes me smile!

Miyazaki is the greatest animator that I know.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Miyazaki has this wonderful, far-out imagination, though I guess some of his things are rooted in Japanese folklore etc...

[silent-mouse.livejournal.com]

Actually I felt that he takes very little from the traditional japanese folklore - maybe with the exception of Spirited Away. Totoro, for example.. but you haven't seen it yet. Go see it so we can continue talking! :)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

OK. I'm going to order it from Tesco.

They have this great scheme whereby you pay them £15 (or thereabouts) per month and they send you DVDs through the post. Their catalogue is huge- and encompasses just about everything that's available in the UK.