Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Spellbound Productions, Inc.
• VHS Release Date: June 8, 1998
• Run Time: 48 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001B50GW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,454 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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63 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This charming video is highly recommended for all audiences., December 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Take Joy - The Magical World of Tasha Tudor [VHS] (VHS Tape)

After 82 years, renowned children's book illustrator Tasha Tudor has finally allowed a documentary to be made of her life and work. Her art and life seem interchangeable, and for once a video subtitle does not seem hyperbolic. She dresses in the style of the 1830's, cooks over an open fire in her New England farmhouse, lives by the light of candles she makes herself, milks her own goats, and tends a flock of chickens and a menagerie of pets. She looks the very image of a sweet old grandmother. Her old-tyme lifestyle and appearance are so engaging that it comes as something as a shock when we see her in a car, driving to a book signing. Reality is what you make it, she says, quoting Thoreau's philosophy: if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected. She doesn't mention that one ultimately needs a special talent in order to do that, but we do get to take a peek inside her sketchbooks at some examples of her extraordinary talent. This charming video is highly recommended for a variety of audiences. Also recommended is "Take Peace", Tasha Tudor's Christmas Special. -Video Librarian

45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply enchanting, January 11, 2000

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Terry (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Take Joy - The Magical World of Tasha Tudor [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Over the Christmas Holiday's, I saw 'Take Joy-Magical World of Tasha Tudor' & 'Take Peace-Corgi Cottage Christmas' for the first time on cable TV. I can't begin to describe how I felt after viewing these two films. Miss Tasha Tudor enchanted me. Her life seemed simple, graceful and magical. I never knew about her until I saw the films. Corgi Cottage is vision of delight, peace and harmony. It's a place I could only hope to have someday. Thank you Ms. Tudor for enchanting us with your world of dreams and fantasies.

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating insight into the artist's life..., December 26, 1999

By 

Mark Savary "moon_city" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Take Joy - The Magical World of Tasha Tudor [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I recently saw this documentary as part of the Christmas Morning programming on public television. What began as a diversion quickly became a fascinating insight into the artist Tasha Tudor, her philosophy, her way of life, and her crafts.

The first book I read by Tudor was a copy of "Pumpkin Moonshine", which is almost impossible to find as a used book at a price mere mortals can afford. There are clips of the paintings from the book (and many others), which I had not seen in decades.

Tudor describes her outlook on life, art, and raising children. Many of her real life experiences find their way into her stories, in one fashion or another. She also recounts the almost-fantasy world of her own happy childhood.

Some may feel that her pastimes and lifestyle border on the rediculous if not the edge of senility. But after watching this insigtful program, I think you will agree she is far sharper and wiser than most of us "normal" people.