Archive Episode - Aladdin (Ron Clements & John Musker, 1992) (with Steve Henderson)
Aladdin (Ron Clements & John Musker, 1992).
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Chris and Alex continue their journey back through the Fantasy/Animation podcast with this reminder of an early episode looking at the Disney animated musical Aladdin (Ron Clements & John Musker, 1992), which featured as its special guest Steve Henderson - Editor of the Skwigly Online Animation Magazine and Director of the Manchester Animation Festival. Originally recorded as Episode 21 back in May 2020, this instalment appeared just before the Guy Ritchie-directed remake that was covered on the podcast almost exactly a year later, and marked Fantasy/Animation’s first look at the Disney Renaissance, as well as featuring turns to the star voice, digital VFX imagery, and animation’s own history of Orientalist imaginaries.
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Suggested Readings
Amidi, Amid. 2018. “‘Aladdin’ Writer Unhappy That He Was Excluded From And Not Paid For Disney’s Live-Action Remake”. Cartoonbrew (October 15, 2018), available at: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/aladdin-writer-unhappy-that-he-was-excluded-and-unpaid-for-disneys-live-action-remake-165286.html.
Butler, David. 2009. Fantasy Cinema: Impossible Worlds on Screen. London: Wallflower Press.
Felperin, Leslie. 1997. “The Thief of Buena Vista: Disney’s Aladdin and Orientalism.” In A Reader in Animation Studies, ed. Jayne Pilling, 137-142. London: John Libbey.
Pierson, Michele. 2002. Special Effects: Still in Search of Wonder. Columbia: Columbia University Press.
Stewart, James B. 2008. Disneywar: The Battle for the Magic Kingdom. New York: Simon & Schuster.