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In Reply to: Re:Who is Tex Avery? posted by Gee LP on July 22, 2005 at 05:58:45:
Bugs Bunny...One of my first love, sitting on a bench at school and looking with a widr open mouth...
LD? Long sold.Yes you are fully right. A great film is a great film. bediede the name Walt Disney my knowledge is a desert. And why because of a ceratin arrogance and because cartoons are mostly considered as a minor art.
Wrongly.
Than you for the time and patience.
Follow Ups:
Well, the 7-minute-long animated short may not be the apex of film art, but who cares when they are so funny and encapsulate so much of one's culture?You brought up Disney. It is interesting to see how innovative Disney was in the Twenties and Thirties, and how, the minute he could make features, his shorts department began to suffer, with the innovation passing to Warner Bros, M-G-M, and, gosh, what was the name of the company that made the original "Popeye" cartoons? Oh, yeah, Max Fleischer! Just in time for Avery and the other directors I named to make their marks, because Disney never would have allowed some of the things they did in their cartoons after, say, 1933. The more successful he got, the less subversive he got.
John Canemaker and Joe Adamson have written two very good books on Avery, and Leonard Maltin wrote an excellent overall view of the history of the American animated cartoon, if you ever have the time and inclination to pursue Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Droopy, and the Wolf, etc., in more depth.
If you would take one book what would it be?
If you want just one book, I suggest the Maltin. It is a very good overview of American animation from the Twenties to the Sixties. His writing on Disney, Avery, etc., lays out the basics of a film genre you say your knowledge of is a "desert," and while not a deep tome, is informative and will cover all the bases.The Adamson book (Tex Avery, King of Cartoons) is like an expanded chapter of the Maltin book, concerning only Avery. It is a quick read, and I don't recommend it unless you find after viewing the Avery cartoons I and Rob Doorack recommend that you need more information about Avery and his work.
The Canamaker book (Tex Avery, the MGM Years 1942-1955) is a lavish look at Avery's MGM years. Great book, with wonderful illustrations, and although it is out of print, one can purchase it used through amazon.com or other sources.
Below is a link to the Maltin book on amazon.com to kind of give you a place to start looking for it:
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0452259932/qid=1122170109/sr=1-39/ref=sr_1_39/002-0569498-6229634?v=glance&s=books (Open in New Window)
What is left for me to say? But it is very kind of you. Book oredede of course.
Merci beaucoup.
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