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Wednesday, July 29, 1987/Kansan Summer Weekly
Disney's Snow White turns 50, still enjoys success in theaters
By KRISTEN HAYS
Columnist
Walt Disney's first feature-length cartoon, Snow White, is celebrating its 50th birthday and still going strong.
The most fascinating feature about Snow White is the distinguished detail of the animation. Disney's first few animated films, including Snow White, Pinocchio, and Bambi, share this superb craftsmanship. It's not that the later films were poor, but it's obvious that the Disney perfectionism lessened a little over the years as the production of animated films grew more and more expensive.
There is a noticeable difference in films produced after Disney's last film before his death, The Jungle Book. For example, 101 Dalmations and The Aristocats don't have the background detail that the earlier films do, like the panoramic view of the city at the beginning of Pinocchio or the raging forest fire in Bambi.
However, animated filmmakers have recently tried to recapture that
perfectionism in The Secret of NIMH and An American Tail. The latter was more successful financially, and maybe an indication that good animated films can still be profitable, since that's the name of the movie game these days.
Snow White was the beginning of such quality. The Queen, the first in a long line of classic Disney villains, looks like she was fashioned after Joan Crawford, with her exaggerated features. She is even more beautiful. Even her long black cape is menacing, perhaps a model for the cape of a more recent villain, Darth Vader.
When Snow White flees into the forest, it comes alive, with hand-like branches grabbing and tearing at her dress and huge yellow eyes staring at her from all around. The trees do look human, a little like the Queen when transformed into the evil old woman.
The artistic detail on the dwarfs' cottage, right down to the straw on the roof, the old wooden piano, and every dustball, cobweb, and dirty dish, is precise. Even the dwarfs
themselves have idiosyncracies that have delighted masquerade party-goers since the film's premier: Doc, with his little round glasses; Happy, with his jovial big belly; Bashful, the blushing romantic; Sneezy with his hayfever; the yawning Sleepy; pessimistic Grumpy; and the resident Harpo Marx, Doupe.
Snow White easily won all the dwarfs' friendship, except Grumpy, who thinks "all females is poison." Perhaps Grumpy and Sam Kinison ought to get together for a beer sometime. Eventually, though, Grumpy comes to adore her and is the first to ride to rescue her from the Queen.
The only problem I had with Snow White was the fact that the movie screen just isn't big enough to accommodate it. This is most obvious during the credits at the beginning, because they continue beyond the screen. The animation is what makes the film so mesmerizing, and it's a shame that it had to be cropped to fit modern screens.
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THE RIVER CITY REUNION Sept. 7-13, 1987 in Lawrence, Kansas
Schedule of Events:
Tuesday, Sept. 8th:
Tuesday, Sept. 8th:
2.00-3.10pm, Liberty Hall; Robert Frank films "Pull My Daisy" and "This Song for Jack," and Antony Balch Film "Towers Open Fire" (price TBA)
2.00-4.30pm, Pine Room, Kansas Union: group poetry reading (readers TBA)
2.00-4.30pm, Walnut Room, Kansas Union: group fiction reading (readers TBA)
4.00-5.30pm, Liberty Hall; Robert Frank films "Pull My Daisy" and "This Song for Jack," and Antony Balch Film "Towers Open Fire" (price TBA)
7.90-9.00pm, Union Ballroom, Kansas Union: Anne Waldman and Andrei Codresu read
9.00-11.00pm, Bottleneck, Robinson Creley reads (price TBA)
10.90-12.00pm, Location TBA; Robert Creley reads and performs by students and other guests
2:00-3:10pm, Liberty Hall. Robert Frank films "Pull My Daisy" and "This Song for Jack," and
Ralph Fiennell's *Titanic* (open Fix) (treats TRA).
9:00-12:00pm, (location TBA): open-mike poetry readings and performances by students and other guests
Wednesday, Sept. 9th
2:00 3:30pm, Liberty Hall: Robert Frank film "Me and My Brother"
2:00-3:30pm, Liberty Hall; Robert Frank film "Me and My Brother"
3:00-4:00, (campus location TBA); Andrei Codrescu speaks to (literary group)
4:00-5:30pm, Liberty Hall; (film TBA)(price TBA)
7:00-9:00pm, Union Ballroom, Kansas Union; Allen Ginsberg reads
9:00-10:00pm, (Bottleneck); (poetry, musical performances TBA)(price TBA)
9:00-12:00pm, (location TBA); open-mike poetry readings and performances by students and other g
Thursday, Sept. 10th
2:00-3:30pm, Liberty Hall: Conrad Rooks film "Chappaqua" (price TBA)
2:00-3:30pm, Liberty Hall: Conrad Rooks film "Chappagua" (price TBA)
2:00-4:30pm, Pine Room, Kansas Union: group poetry reading (readers TBA)
2:00-4:30pm, Walnut Room, Kansas Union: group fiction reading (readers TBA)
4:00-5:30pm, Liberty Hall: filmmaker Gene Bernofsky with his films "Group," "Dropsy," "Glamour," "Laurence of America," and "Postmaster" (price TBA)
9:00-9:00pm, Laurence Arts Center: group poetry reading (readers TBA)
9:00-11:00pm, Library Hall: An Evening of Spoken Words and Music by Rock Poet Michael McClare and Ray Manzarek, also, Danny Sugerman (author of "No One Here Gets Out") and Doors biography reads (price TBA)
9:00-10:30pm (theater TBA) then move poetry readings and performances by students and other guests
9:00-12:00pm, (location TBA): open-mike poetry readings and performances by students and other guests.
Friday, Sept. 11th
11:00-12:30pm, Kansas Union: filmmaker Stan Brakhage speaks
11:00-12:30pm, Kansas Union; jimmaker San Braakage Sponsor
2:00-3:30pm, Liberty Room; filmmaker Stan Brakage with his films "Faustfilen: An Opera," by Rick Corrigan and Stan Brakage and "The Dante Quantet" (price TBA)
2:00-4:30pm, Pine Room, Kansas Union; group poetry reading (readers TBA)
2:00-4:30pm, Walnut Room, Kansas Union; group fiction reading (readers TBA)
4:00-5:00pm, Liberty Room; Robert Frank film "Me and My Brother" (price TBA)
7:00-9:00pm, Lawrence Arts Center; group poetry reading (readers TBA)
8:00-11:00pm, Liberty Hall; Jim Carroll, Ed Dorn and Ed Sanders perform (price TBA)
9:00-12:00pm, (location TBA); open-mike poetry readings and performances by students and other guests
Saturday, Sept. 12th
2:00-3:30pm, Liberty Hall. Timothy Leary speaks and takes questions. Topic: "The Emergence of the Cybernetic Person during the 20th Century" (price TBA)
4:00-5:30pm, Liberty Hall. Conrad Rooks film "Chapppaqua" (price TBA)
8:00-11:00pm, Library Hall. William Burroughs, Andrei Codrescu, Diane DiPrima, Ginsberg, John Giorno, and Anne Waldman read from their works (price TBA)
Sundav. Sept. 13th
8. 00-11:00pm, (location TBA) Husker Du
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