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From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Zonker T. Chuqui)
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Subject: Re: Fantasia, Xanadu, Bluth, Black Cauldron
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Date: Fri, 5-Oct-84 16:18:04 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  5 16:18:04 1984
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> If you like Fantasia, or if you didn't see Fantasia, check out
> Allegro non Troppo.

Just as an aside, there is a small cut of animation in 'Xanadu' that was
about as close a ripoff of Fantasia as you'll ever find. It was done by the
people at Bluth (Secret of NIMH) Studios who should know how to animate
like classic Disney-- when Don Bluth got fed up with Disney Studios after
Walt died, he took most of Walt's animators with him. Bluth was one of the
primary animators on Snow White, by the way..

I've seen reports that the Black Cauldron is about ready to be released
(perhaps at Christmas or next spring). This is one of the single most
complicated pieces of animation ever attempted, and from the reports I've
gotten Disney succeeded in botching it up royally. Bluth at one time
attempted to buy the rights to finish BC from Disney because he felt that
it was the only way to get it done right, but Disney tends to hold a grudge
against him (interesting point-- Disney supports the California School of
the Arts in the LA area, one of the better fine arts school in the country.
A little while ago they were planning a Don Bluth retrospective and Disney
threatened to cut off their funding if they went through with it... Walt is
dead, that's for sure). At one point Disney studios called all of the
animators at Bluth offering them essential blank checks to come back and
finish the Cauldron for them, and not one moved. If the quality of the last
piece of animation from Disney (Fox and the Hound) is any indication, Black
Cauldron, if and when it shows, will be a travesty. I'm just glad that
someone like Bluth is trying to carry on the traditional animation styles
and qualities of Walt. I'm just very sorry that it couldn't have been at
Walt's own studio... 

chuq


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