Produced at the end of the Depression in the late-1930s, Pinocchio brilliantly deployed state-of-the-art hand-crafted drawings and various technical breakthroughs-such as the Multiplane Camera- to tell an epic story. Pinocchio poster, printed ink on paper collection of Tony Anselmo, © Disney About Pinocchioįrom the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s, The Walt Disney Studios created five cinematic classics that explored new possibilities and redefined the art of animation: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942).
Published as an illustrated serial in Italy, the original story of Pinocchio by Carlo Lorenzini, better known by his pen name Carlo Collodi, (1826–1890) presented Walt Disney with the challenge of adapting a rambling novella into a succinct story. For me, it ads one more personal dimension as we enjoyed someone else’s own hand traces and ideas on the paper in front of us. I couldn’t help but think how many times the artists went back to the story and drawing boards to capture the magic delivered in a classic story that has captured imaginations and delivered valuable lessons to generations of us!ĭefinitely, the pre-digital era process is as intricate and interesting as the digitial one. With over 300 items featured at the exhibit, the creative-process and arduous work to bring to life our beloved Pinocchio became very real. The magic, hard work and enthusiasm from the creators that it captured was vivid and palpable. Wish Upon a Star: The Art of Pinocchio exhibition 🙂 Our visit highlight was the “Wish Upon a Star: The Art of Pinocchio exhibition” which commemorates 77 years since the movie’s 1940 launch, and marks the release of The Walt Disney Signature Collection: Pinocchio, on Blu ray/DVD and HD formats this January 31rst. Well yes, pretty much anything Disney is always significant to me, I can’t deny it.
Being a huge Disney fan, this of course, is like visiting a holy grail of sorts other than the parks or the studios. For all the times I have gone to San Francisco, I had not been able to visit this museum.
Disney’s 115th birthday, you know I was over the moon. When I found out that part of our Rogue One Press Trip included a visit to the Walt Disney Family Museum on what would be Mr.
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