Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

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In 1937 when Walt Disney released Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs the film became an immediate international sensation. Years earlier when Disney decided to produce Snow White his first animated feature-length film even he couldnt have imagined the hundreds of artists required the cost involved or the necessary technological innovations. But all of this effort resulted in a film experience like no other. Fans marvelled at the lush colour palette the seemingly three-dimensional space the operatic dependence on songs to tell the story & the compelling characterisations. Snow White appealed to low & highbrow alike from the teenagers who invented The Dopey Dance to many of the great museums of the US which proudly collected celluloid images from the film. Disneys Technicolor cartoon bridged apparent gaps between city & town between age groups between classes. Critics celebrated it as an instant classic. Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs now stands as one of the most important of all Hollywood films & its influence on movies
- by Orson Welles Michael Powell & many others
- extends to the present day. Based on extensive research in materials from the period of the films production & distribution Eric Smoodins study presents a careful history of the events that led up to Snow White the trajectory of Disneys career that made this extraordinary project a logical next step the reception of the film in the US & around the world & its impact on so many aspects of contemporary culture. This special edition of Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs is published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the BFI Film Classics series.