o/t: more Wonders in the Dark romantic countdown . . . with something really special this week!

Five more entries added to this exciting countdown:

61. The Quiet Man (1952)
60. A Place in the Sun (1951)
59. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
58. The Earrings of Madame de… (1953)
57. Lady and the Tramp – Lady in Movieland (a video essay)

That last one is a real  treat! Its creator, Joel Bocko, has produced a compilation of clips from the classic movie that perceptively analyzes — with some very clever editing — the various cinematic genres the Disney animators referenced in their creation of the movie. It’s eight minutes or so of tremendous fun, but illuminating fun; as I watched it I realized that the same consideration could be brought to bear on most if not all of Disney’s golden age animated features. I just wished that I’d had access to this piece back in the 1980s and 1990s when I was working on the various editions of my Encyclopedia of Walt Disney’s Animated Characters!

Anyway, I do urge you to go see Lady in Movieland, as Bocko has called the piece. Here’s the link again.

 

 

3 thoughts on “o/t: more Wonders in the Dark romantic countdown . . . with something really special this week!

  1. Joel’s magnificent post well deserved special mention here!!! He’s done some very great things over the years and surely this one stands with the best!! Yes, a real treat in every sense!!!

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