"Saludos Amigos" and "The Making of Walt & El Group Panel Discussion
On Tuesday I attended the American Cinematheque's "The Making of Walk & El Groupo" panel discussion about the upcoming documentary. I had first heard of this documentary by running into one of its crew members at a random party; I overheard him talking to someone about Walt Disney's 1941 trip to South America. I had heard of the film the trip had produced, "Saludos Amigos," but had only seen one flip book with a sequence of the film. (The flip book had a Mickey Mouse cartoon on the other side I think, and I don't remember where we got such a thing.)
The documentary, directed by Frank Thomas' son Ted Thomas, visits the same places that the Disney artists went to on their tour. We saw snippets of the documentary which featured footage and artwork from the 1941 trip. A brand new 35mm print of "Saludos Amigos" was screened afterward, and it was great to see where all the designs and music and dances had come from. The documentary also follows Mary Blair's transformation into one of Disney's favorite artists as a result of this trip.
I'm going to go see the documentary this weekend, so I'll talk about it later. Here's the trailer:
A native New Yorker, I've come out to L.A. to pursue a career in animation. I've got much to learn, and I'm writing it all down here as I go along.
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i saw el grupo. the AE 2.5d photos were really, really, good.
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