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A review by rebecca_oneil
The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms and Beyond by Christopher Finch
4.0
This huge book (500 pages, coffee table size, $85.00) is revised for 2011 to include Pixar, and would be a great gift for any Disney (or art) fan. I especially love to see attention given to the lighting, color palette, story boards, art direction, and the great work of the artists who work on concept, development, backgrounds, and everything else that gives an animated movie its mood and feel. And though I love the Pixar movies too, there is something much less compelling about a series of stills that are CGI as compared to hand-drawn work.
I also liked reading about Mary Poppins: "Julie Andrews offered a more youthful and glamorous Mary Poppins than the one found on the printed page, but she also brought a charm and spark of her own, and her vocal and dance talents -- matched to memorable songs -- proved great assets. In the end, though, the key to her performance was her ability to seem prim and proper yet perpetually on the verge of some kind of marvelous insanity."
"Walt Disney picked Julie Andrews to play Mary Poppins in part because he was impressed by her whistling ability."
I also liked reading about Mary Poppins: "Julie Andrews offered a more youthful and glamorous Mary Poppins than the one found on the printed page, but she also brought a charm and spark of her own, and her vocal and dance talents -- matched to memorable songs -- proved great assets. In the end, though, the key to her performance was her ability to seem prim and proper yet perpetually on the verge of some kind of marvelous insanity."
"Walt Disney picked Julie Andrews to play Mary Poppins in part because he was impressed by her whistling ability."