Synopsis
This rich history of American cartoons is based on 25 years of research, over 200 interviews with cartoon creators, and the viewing of thousands of animated films. Focusing on works by Disney, Harmon-Isling, Schlesinger, Warner Bros., MGM, UPA, and Iwerks, this covers all aspects of the industry: production techniques, creative character development, technological advances, studio marketing strategies, renowned cartoonists, and amusing Hollywood anecdotes. Contains rare photographs, famous animation artwork, and flip-book sequences.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2003-11-06 |
| Size | | Length: | 672 pages | | Height: | 9.0 in | | Width: | 6.0 in | | Thickness: | 1.8 in | | Weight: | 32.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Barrier's book is as major contribution to our understanding of the work of not only the Disney animators, but also of men like Max and Dave Fleischer, Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, John Hubley, and the brilliant Warner Bros. crew, especially Tex Avery, Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones. Barrier is so steeped in his subject, and so earnest about it, that he occasionally forgets to have fun with it; the prose is a little textbookish, and more illustrations would have been nice: Considering the subject, HOLLYWOOD CARTOONS is likely to become a standard history of American animation up to Disney's death in 1966."
Washington Post Book World - Charles Matthews (04/11/1999)
"Outside of a few evocative memoirs, much of what has been written about Hollywood animation smacks of cheerleading; this book, by contrast, is a genuinely thoughtful attempt to explain what makes golden-age cartoons work, and why some work better than others. Nostalgia merchants may bristle at some of Barrier's more sharply drawn distinctions, particularly his shrewd analysis of the decline in quality of Jones's later cartoons....But those who take the art of animation seriously will find this tough-minded book challenging and revelatory.
New York Times Book Review - Terry Teachout (08/01/1999)
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