[ebooks] Film; Lacan and the Subject of Religion: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Religious Film Analysis by Steve Nolan at Arts-Photography

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Walt Disney (1901-1966) was one of the most significant creative forces of the twentieth century; a man who made a lasting impact on the art of the animated film; the history of American business; and the evolution of twentieth-century American culture. He was both a creative visionary and a dynamic entrepreneur; roles whose demands he often could not reconcile. In his compelling new biography; noted animation historian Michael Barrier avoids the well-traveled paths of previous biographers; who have tended to portray a blemish-free Disney or to indulge in lurid speculation. Instead; he takes the full measure of the man in his many aspects. A consummate storyteller; Barrier describes how Disney transformed himself from Midwestern farm boy to scrambling young businessman to pioneering artist and; finally; to entrepreneur on a grand scale. Barrier describes in absorbing detail how Disney synchronized sound with animation in Steamboat Willie; created in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs sympathetic cartoon characters whose appeal rivaled that of the best live-action performers; grasped televisionrsquo;s true potential as an unparalleled promotional device; andmdash;not leastmdash;parlayed a backyard railroad into the Disneyland juggernaut. Based on decades of painstaking research in the Disney studiorsquo;s archives and dozens of public and private archives in the United States and Europe; The Animated Man offers freshly documented and illuminating accounts of Disneyrsquo;s childhood and young adulthood in rural Missouri and Kansas City. It sheds new light on such crucial episodes in Disneyrsquo;s life as the devastating 1941 strike at his studio; when his ambitions as artist and entrepreneur first came into serious conflict.Beginning in 1969; two and a half years after Disneyrsquo;s death; Barrier recorded long interviews with more than 150 people who worked alongside Disney; some as early as 1922. Now almost all deceased; only a few were ever interviewed for other books. Barrier juxtaposes Disneyrsquo;s own recollections against the memories of those other players to great effect. What emerges is a portrait of Walt Disney as a flawed but fascinating artist; one whose imaginative leaps allowed him to vault ahead of the competition and produce work that even today commands the attention of audiences worldwide.