- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Turner Publishing Inc.,U.S.; 1st Edition edition (31 Dec 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 187868549X
- ISBN-13: 978-1878685490
- Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #20 in Books > Music, Stage & Screen > Film > Production & Technology > Amateur Production
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I don't know whether to recommend this book or not. Don't get me wrong it is a fine volume and well worth including in the animation section of your bookshelves but it's a little like a compilation album of classical music; something you can listen to and then go out and get more of the things you like. Mr Beck has talked to a wide range of people in the animation business and asked for their favourites before piling all the votes together and coming up with a top 50. The contents are heavily weighted towards the Hollywood studio cartoons (eg "What's Opera Doc", "The Cat Concerto", "Clock Cleaners" to name a few) but there's room for more (such as "Quasi At The Quackadero") so it's a reasonable cross section. There's a brief history come technical look at animation in the book's beginning and sources for cartoons at the back, which makes it more than just an interesting list but in the end a list is what it is ... it's a good book to have if you are an animation fan but there are plenty of more beautiful and more useful volumes you should get first. Go to the wish list page and put it on there and mention it to all your friends and family prior to your next birthday.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Worth its weight in gold (and then some)!
28 Mar 2000
Format:Hardcover
I absolutely love this book. It is an invaluable resource for the animation fan. The book takes 50 of the greatest short subject cartoons ever made and discusses why they are considered great. With each cartoon mentioned, the animation professionals responsible for the cartoon discuss the inspiration behind the cartoon's creation, how the cartoon came to be, problems the artists faced, etc.
In the margins, there are articles which tell how characters in the cartoons named developed (such as Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Droopy, Tom and Jerry, Donald Duck and many more); some of the topics discussed are the character's inspiration, how the character evolved over the years, etc.
One segment I found particularly interesting was a segment in the book dealing with controversial cartoons, such as the racially offensive "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs" and "Der Fueher's Face". The book also addresses sexual imagery in the cartoons (!) and includes some information about the content of many cartoons during World War II and why some are considered unwatchable today.
I couldn't recommend this book more highly to animation fans . .it covers every cartoon character/series imaginable, from the Looney Tunes to Disney to Woody Woodpecker, Betty Boop, and Tom and Jerry, and even includes an appendix listing some cartoons that didn't make the cut. (You will especially appreciate it if you are, like me, a Looney Tunes fan.)
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