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The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation Hardcover – Illustrated, October 19, 1995

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Thomas and Johnston, two of Disney's original animators, here give the inside scoop on how the studio created the works that have charmed the world. "The text is ambitious," said LJ's reviewer (LJ 12/15/81). The "authors simultaneously give a history of Disney animation and explain the processes involved in clear, nontechnical terms." Along with the splendid text are dozens of color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations. A "magnificent volume" that remains "essential for film collections and a feast for the most casual peruser."
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Two of Walt Disney's famous "Nine Old Men," Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston met as students at Stanford University and joined the Disney studio within a year of each other in the mid-1930s. In 1978, they retired from Walt Disney Productions and began work on this book. In that same year, they received the "Pioneer in Film" award from the University of Southern California chapter of Delta Kappa Alpha National Honorary Cinema Fraternity and further honors from the American Film Institute at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.




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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Disney Editions; Subsequent edition (October 19, 1995)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 576 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0786860707
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786860708
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 10 - 14 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 5 - 9
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.28 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.75 x 1.5 x 11.5 inches
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Ever since freshman year in college I felt in love with traditional animation,that year I went to library to find books about animation, and I found this huge heavy book, considered to be like the "Bible" for animators, I borrowed that book so many times I lost count. When I moved to engineering scool, my engineering graduation Master thesis was about animation and robotics, and this book was key for me to do things right. Over the years I always said one day I would own it, here in Taiwan it was nearly impossible to get a copy and I wasn't able to afford one from the U. S.. These past months many things changed in my life drastically, and while times have been very rough on me I wasn't going to let that push me down, I saved up, and after years of wanting this book, here it is. This is not an early Bday gift or late Christmas present, this is a gift from Bear to Bear, love Bear just because. So I'll call it happy "illusion of life book" day.
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