Overall,
I enjoyed Waking Sleeping Beauty. It
evoked in me both a sense of nostalgia for the early Disney animated films I
grew up with as well as an immense appreciation for the tediously detailed
amount of labor put into those beloved films by the Disney animators. Before
watching the documentary, I neither fully understood nor appreciated the amount
of time and meticulous effort the animators poured into the films frame by
frame, tiny detail by tiny detail. If the director decided to edit or cut any
piece of the story line, hundreds of frames that required weeks of work to
create would be thrown out and the animators would be forced to recreate the
newly desired plot. Knowing the amount of time and care spent on each sketchy
for each tiny piece of the films, this fact broke my heart a little.
I believe Waking Sleeping Beauty was a truthful documentary exposing what the
animation world is actually like behind the final results of magical films.
Although the film’s main point seemed to be to expose the drama between CEOS,
animators, directors, and producers behind the scenes, I did not much care for
it and found myself more focused on the creative work and artistic abilities of
the animators required to create the films so loved by so many.
Otto von Bismarck once said that
laws are like sausages because it’s better not to see them being made. His
words echoed in my head as I watched Waking
Sleeping Beauty. Learning about the politics and bureaucratic back stabbing
that occurred in the dark rooms behind the assumed pure, unadulterated magic of
Disney’s most classic animated films felt a lot like walking through the floors
of a sausage factory. However, I did enjoy learning about the blood, sweat, and
tears poured into my favorite films by the little guys who made them jump off a
sketch board into audience’s hearts.
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