![]() Whether funny or not, “Steamboat Willie” remains a must see due to its status as the most famous animated short ever made. Not that DVD One doesn’t include some compelling moments. Nonetheless, the shorts provide sorely needed amusement. We don’t see the same crash course in animation development some growth occurs, but the gradations seem much more minor. Disney had reached a consistent level of quality by the time the second platter launches with 1933’s “Building a Building”, and this disc includes many fewer duds than does the first one. Sure, a lot of the shorts don’t seem particularly entertaining to modern eyes, but the lessons we learn about the history of animation seem invaluable.ĭVD Two provides a much less edifying but significantly more entertaining affair. ![]() ![]() The animation improved dramatically over that four-year span, and we watch the format start to mature throughout this first disc. However, compare “Steamboat Willie” with 1932’s “The Klondike Kid” and you’ll observe the element that makes DVD One especially fascinating. The humor relies on weak sight gags and lacks much subtlety. Especially in the oldest clips, the animation seems flat and rubbery, with sparse backgrounds and little depth. Those start in 1928 and lead us through 1932, and these clearly offer the weakest of the cartoons. You’ll probably experience the latter sentiment more frequently during the 20 shorts on DVD One. This fact makes B&W both fascinating and maddening. The latter seems so much more mature and sophisticated in every way that it appears scarcely possible they share the same format. If you want a shock, watch “Steamboat Willie” and follow it with 1935’s “Mickey’s Service Station”. The format would grow substantially over the seven years between Mickey’s debut and his move to color. In B&W, however, we watch the Disney artists learn their way around the drawing board. That meant that they’d learned quite a few lessons by the time Mickey went color. Disney created 73 Mickey shorts prior to Color’s first flick, and they also put out scores of other cartoons. Mickey Mouse In Living Color started after the end of B&W’s cartoons. This also results in very inconsistent cartoons. (Disney’s Silly Symphony “Flowers and Trees” marked their first color cartoon.)īlack and White marks Mickey’s formative years, which means we watch Disney Studios struggle to develop the animated short as an art. From “Steamboat Willie” we move through 34 cartoons in all, which takes us up to 1935, when Mickey finally made the shift to color. Beginning with his very first escapades from 1928, we follow Mickey through his monochrome years. You won’t find the best material to come out of Disney Studios on Mickey Mouse In Black and White, but you will discover the shorts that started Walt on the path from journeyman filmmaker to legend. Along with his personal fortunes went the genre of animation itself, which would grow immeasurably under Walt’s umbrella. With the rodent’s debut in 1928’s “Steamboat Willie”, however, Walt’s life changed forever. Walt Disney had a career in animation for a few years before he created Mickey Mouse, but he enjoyed only intermittent success in the field. ![]() Sony 36" WEGA KV-36FS12 Monitor Sony DA333ES Processor/Receiver Panasonic CV-50 DVD Player using component outputs Michael Green Revolution Cinema 6i Speakers (all five) Sony SA-WM40 Subwoofer. Review Archive: # | A-C | D-F | G-I | J-L | M-O | P-R | S-U | V-Z | Viewer Ratings | Main The short was released on December 4, 2001, on Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color.Mickey Mouse in Black and White: Walt Disney Treasures (1928-1935) 1998 – The Ink and Paint Club, episode #39: "Minnie Mouse" (TV).1992 – Donald's Quack Attack, episode No. 1992 – Mickey's Mouse Tracks, episode No. 1989 – The Magical World of Disney, episode #33.15: "Mickey's Happy Valentine Special" (TV).1983 – Good Morning, Mickey!, episode No. 1972 – The Mouse Factory, episode #1.7: "Water Sports" (TV) 1957 – The Mickey Mouse Club, episode #3.24 (TV).In this short, a talking parrot escapes from a truck and enters the home of Mickey and Pluto, who hear news of a killer on the loose, and mistake the parrot for the killer. ![]()
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