Chuck Jones: Conversations (Conversations with Comic Artists Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (602 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1578067294 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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The best are lengthy conversations with well-informed interlocutors from film journals and animation zines. Although he received an honorary Academy Award in 1996, and his One Froggy Evening (1956) is on the Library of Congress's National Film Registry, he repeatedly states that he and his crew didn't regard themselves as artists while they were producing the cartoons, which they figured were pretty ephemeral. From Booklist Chuck Jones (1912-2002), responsible for a host of classic Warner Brothers cartoons and the Road Runner's creator, was the most thoughtful and articulate great animation director. All rights reserved. Gordon FlaggCopyright © American Library Association. These dozen interviews, all conducted after Warners closed its animation unit in 1962, come from Jones' long stint as an elder statesman of animation and attest to how much thought
This volume contains previously unpublished material along with classic interviews.. animation unit closed in the early 1960s-from the uncertain years of American animation during that decade and the 1970s through the "rediscovery" of Jones and Hollywood studio animation during the 1980s and 1990s. With pleasure, insight, and depth, he describes his family and early life as well as his post-Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies days. Jones recalls vividly the Golden Age of studio animation from the 1930s to the 1950s, including his connections with the Walt Disney studio and United Productions of America. Jones candidly discusses his aesthetic sensibilities, providing tips for aspiring animators and describing Warner Bros. Jones was an art college graduate who struggled through the Depression, trying to establish himself within the Hollywood industry. artist who helped shape the history of American animation, defining our impressions of such characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Road Runner, Wile E. Throughout, t
List of Authors Mark Twain Here are the list of authors that appear in this book:The Fantasy Makers: A Conversation with Ray Bradbury and Chuck JonesMary Harrington Hall/1968From Psychology Today, April 1968An Interview with Chuck JonesMichael Barrier and Bill Spicer/1969From Funnyworld 13, 1971Witty Birds and Well-Drawn Cats: An Interview with Chuck JonesJoe Adamson/1971Combined interviews from March and December 1971, partly published in edited form within Gerald Peary and Danny Peary, The American Animated Cartoon (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1980)Chuck JonesGreg Ford and Richard Thompson/1972From Fi. Great addition to your Chuck Jones library Steven Bailey I highly recommend this book, and not just because I'm in it. (I highly easily finagled a telephone interview with Chuck Jones in 1988--not the greatest interview in the book, but surely one of the highlights of my life.)If you're a fan of the legendary animation director, this book is the Holy Grail of interview books. It includes interviews by Richard Thompson and Greg Ford (who later did his own Looney Tunes cartoon, THE DUXORCIST) from Film Comment's legendary 1975 issue devoted to animation; an interview by film-buff supreme Joe Adamson (who also did his own Bugs Bun. "and given to those who bad knowing english" according to nikita. this book is incredibly helpful to those who learning animation, and given to those who bad knowing english language