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Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age
Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age
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Author: Michael Barrier Publisher: Oxford University Press Format: Softcover # of Pages: 648 Pub. Date: 2003 ISBN-10: 0195167295 ISBN-13: 9780195167290
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About the Book:
In Hollywood Cartoons, animation expert and historian
Michael Barrier takes you on a glorious guided tour of
American animation in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, to meet the
legendary artists and entrepreneurs who created Bugs Bunny, Betty
Boop, Mickey Mouse, Wile E. Coyote, Donald Duck, Tom and Jerry, and
many other cartoon favourites.
Beginning with black-and-white silent cartoons, Michael Barrier
offers an insightful account, taking us inside early New York studios
and such Hollywood giants as Disney, Warner Bros., and MGM. Barrier
excels at illuminating the creative side of animation — revealing
how stories are put together, how animators develop a character, how
technical innovations enhance the "realism" of cartoons.
Here too are colourful portraits of the giants of the field, from
Walt and Roy Disney and their animators, to Bill Hanna and Joe
Barbera.
A noted author and widely respected expert in the field, Michael
Barrier signed a contract with Oxford University Press in 1973 to
write a history of Hollywood animation. The research and writing of
this book extended over twenty-four years. Based on hundreds of
interviews with veteran animators, Hollywood Cartoons gives
you the definitive inside look at this colourful era and at the
creative process behind these marvellous cartoons.
What people say:
"Hollywood Cartoons
is the best book ever written about golden-age animation."
— The Wall Street Journal
"Those
who take the art of animation seriously will find this tough-minded
book challenging and revelatory."
— The New York Times Book Review
"...a magical gift...
Michael Barrier's meticulously researched yet
enchantingly innocent Hollywood Cartoons restores much of the magic to the cartoon kingdom."
— The Boston Book Review
"His book is rich in nuggets
that bring the era ... vividly to life." — The
Economist
"Barrier makes palpable the
rigors of an animator's task, and thereby enhances our appreciation,
indeed awe, of their accomplishments." — The Plain
Dealer
(Cleveland)
About the Author:
Michael Barrier is an
American animation historian and a recognized authority on film
cartoons. For many years he was the publisher and editor of
Funnyworld, the most widely respected magazine devoted to the
animated film. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.
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