I remember as a kid I would get through the movie most days just to watch this art special that they stuck on at the end and it was absolutely mesmerizing. Still is.
Ollie Johnston says they believe Bambi was Walt’s favorite film. I can see why it would be. Over 3 years ago, I came to feel that Bambi is the most flawless of the animated films Walt produced.
Many people consider animated movies "kids stuff" and less valuable than all these modern blockbusters with their car chases and explosions. But this shows how completely wrong they are! Animation is ART! And so much more work and skills and brains went into Bambi than into any modern action movie with illogical or non-existing storylines.
That and modern animated films would often pander towards kids with more of the case of dumb jokes and pop culture references and the lack of any emotional weight. *cough* Illumination..
I can never let go of my childhood favorites like this. This was art in my eyes, heart, and soul. To forget this or hate it is to hate or forget one’s childhood.
+Joseph Pratt Yep But Remember This Movie Was Not a Box Office Hit Cause Of WW2 At The Time FYI This Disney Movie Is Still My Favorite Even Though It Has Many Tough Scenes Includes The Death Of The Mom!
Ever notice in kids movies there's always this terrible trauma of losing a parent?? Lion king, bambi, dumbo (locked away but not killed) or they're absent or deceased - snow white, cinderella, lilo & stitch, beauty and the beast. Apparently it is in part due to Disney's guilt about his mother's death. Anyway, the only thing I remember about Bambi was the traumatic way the mother died and how that impacted me as a child.
It is sad that this documentary was never released on DVD. We would have loved to see the different behind-the-scenes videos from throughout the years.
This is why I'm thankful for bambi for even existing thanks for being a tremendous movie for my fondest childhood memories I'll always rember you forever and ever
I recently acquired a brand new copy with the slipcover of the 2005 platinum edition DVD release of bambi and funny enough I also came across a copy of it at a rummage sale but it didn't have the main disc with the movie itself on it it also didn't have the slip cover but I find it humorous that I ended up with two copies of the exact same release of this movie
"Bambi" was a good and great to save the day that he was a hero to rescue from danger. One of the movies are amazing that I was watching till all 30 and more than years.
Perfect for a movie called Tyranbi, the story of a young talking Tyrannosaurus who grows up from juvenile to a roaring adult as he teaches humans to respect wildlife and it ends with adult Tyranbi roaring in triumph as the rangers-the good guys observe Inspired by Bambi
At 11:59, "Bambi," was not an immediate triumph in its first release. It actually lost money at the box office in 1942 thanks to World War II. It would be many years before it would be considered a triumph.
Not to mention it was also slammed by other people like hunters and sportsmen, who thought the movie, particularly the villain of Man, was an embarrassment and a terrible depiction of who they were.
11:11.5-11:18 Fun fact: That piece of animation was actually borrowed from "The Reluctant Dragon." Also, I like hearing Corey Burton narrate this feature!
Animation was going downhill the decade before Walt Disney died in 1966. UPA started the trend of,"limited animation,"in the 1950s-and when Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera started their TV-cartoon co. in 1957, limited animation was the standard.(They had to get cartoons done quickly for television.)
I admit that Bambi is my favorite Disney movie.Seeing the movie also led me to read Felix Salten's book.BTW,Disney adapted more Salten stories.He made a nature film out of Perri(a female squirrel),updated Salten's the Hound of Florence into The Shaggy Dog(there is even a reference to the Hound of Florence in the movie.)and they even made a comic book out of Salten's 1939 Bambi's Children.(When he wrote that he must have known there was a Bambi movie in progress.)
5:39 I don't know if they did or would make a Legacy Collection soundtrack for Bambi, but this song would be a good bonus track. And the original rain song became the more well known song we know today as Little April Shower which is considered to be the most famous song in the movie.
I remember watching this when I was very little. The funny thing is that I thought it was part of the movie. This happens to be my all time favorite behind the scenes video alongside Fun and Fancy Free. They really taught me about animations, filmmaking and voice acting. Best of all, they are the ultimate reason I’m into watching behind the scenes in the first place.
there was an advert before this came on for despicable me 3 complete with a rap, after that and then coming into the style and magic of this film. it really is quite the contrast
1:46 "We knew that to retain the charm of these creatures we must fully capture the natural movements and attitudes of living animals" While there is a STUFFED little fawn behind haha
14:08 that picture of the owl used to scare the HECK out of me as a kid! omg im getting goosebumps again. I have a big book of Walt's original classics... except chicken little -_-. but all the rest of them i seriously recognized :) at the end of each story, it tells the making of the production and movie :)
I love a guy who doesn't cut corners. Compare this to modern Disney: The Rise of Skywalker had to be released before Christmas 2019 whether it was ready or not. They initially had a coherent storyline but the executives and test groups hated the 1st draft, ordered extensive reshoots and rewrites, and the effects were still in post production till after Halloween. The infamous "They fly now?" Lines were put in by the marketing department to signal to the kids in the audience that the action figures fly now. There was incompetence and corruption at every point in the writing and production process. 80 years from now, people will still talking about Bambi and getting excited over the intricate process of creating it, but few people will still care about or talk about the corrupt films of today's Disney.
The writing was completed in July 1940, by which time the film's budget had increased to $858,000. Due to World War II, which began in Europe in 1939, Pinocchio and Fantasia failed at the box office. Facing financial difficulty, Walt Disney was forced to cut 12 minutes from the film before final animation to save production costs. There originally was a brief shot in the scene where Bambi's mother dies after jumping over a log and getting shot by a man. Larry Morey, however, felt the scene was too dramatic, and that it was emotional enough to justify having her death occur off screen. Walt Disney was also eager to show the man burned to death by his fire that he inadvertently started, but this was discarded when it was decided not to show the man at all. There was also a scene involving two autumn leaves conversing like an old married couple before parting ways and falling to the ground, but Disney found that talking flora did not work in the context of the film, and instead a visual metaphor of two realistic leaves falling to the ground was used instead.
1:05 Really, all that work for a 70 Minute Film. Compare that to others, Snow White started in 1935, Pinocchio started after Walt Disney wondered what to work on Next, not sure on Fantasia, and Dumbo started work around the same year it Premiered, originally to be a Featurette.
At 11:18, the multiplane camera is a very interesting animation tool, but isn't it gonna waste the animators and artists time by photographing one frame at a time? Why not just use it to record the illusion instead? That would make it easy for them in time for the theatrical release.
11:58 Uh no it wasn't. The film bombed and was poorly received by critics. It wasn't until subsequent re-releases that it made money and its reputation improved.
