However, these successes are all attributed to Disney's persistent pursuit of technology. He was the first person to add music and other sounds to cartoons. This pioneering work made the animated images he created highly praised by the audience. Especially in the early days of the development of sound films, when live films were still bound to fixed lenses and microphones, Disney's cartoons had conquered countless audiences.
The 1930s were the golden age of Disney's artistic talent. Like the early use of sound films to produce animated films, Disney adopted the color printing method. Although he is not a bad sensationalist, he has proved that he is a first-rate director of funny characters and stories. He is a boss who is a bit academic, a bit ignorant and ridiculous, but always works and practices himself. He made the company's team of painters experts with extraordinary technical and creative abilities. When Disney took a risk on his first feature film (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), it proved to be no risk and the film became an unprecedented success. Even smart artists can see a kind of populist authenticity in the film - natural, innocent, and somewhat emotional; bravery and a solemn commitment to life. This is what makes the film so fascinating.
But everyone misunderstood Disney. In his subsequent tragic and clever "Pinocchio" and ambitious "Dreamland", although he brought his technology to the extreme. But these films were unsatisfactory, offering nothing new beyond forgettable animation and a litany of clichés. What it points to is the fact that - as film historian David Thomas puts it - "his appeal had no substance".
Disney worked hard to express realism in his works. There was a wonderful time in his childhood when the family lived on a farm outside of Marktin, Missouri. Disney expressed the sweetness of small-town life and the values ??he briefly tried in his works.
His persistent pursuit of happiness is like a painkiller, relieving the pain in his heart. But in 1941, a labor dispute once again ended his unrealistic fantasies.
From a business point of view, Disney has its success. Most people hope that his entertainment will be comfortable and attractive, rather than "chaotic smart"—— This is especially true when they are raising children. Disney's adaptation of folklore breaks away from its original rough, emotional and didactic shackles and becomes more entertaining. As a result, he was attacked by film critics and scorned by social critics. As one critic said, Disney's films lost "the original impulse of life behind the story."
Disney doesn’t want to put too much didactic power into its animation. For him, all questions relate to whether the film can be staged. Perhaps he is willing to be a defender of cultural traditions, but he pays more attention to technology rather than devout belief in the old culture.
Of course he became the first celebrity in Hollywood to get involved in television. The films he made have endured for decades because the television industry was not only a profit-making institution, but also promoted and disseminated all of his work. A plethora of productions were broadcast on television, including hilarious slice-of-life comedies, strictly anthropomorphic nature documentaries, and, of course, Disneyland. He put a lot of effort into Paradise.
For him, Disneyland was another adventure.
He devoted himself to the design of the park and incorporated many of the best features of modern urban planning into the design and transformed these features into "image". As a result, all simulations in the park, including dangerous buildings, locations and absurd images, can be safely replicated. In his opinion, Disneyland was better than any movie: it was a three-dimensional space without the hassle of narrative plot. In fact, paradise is even better than real life. The paradise provides an imaginary environment, giving people an experience in a desert, completely controlled environment, bringing enough excitement and happiness. In paradise, the dirt of real society, the misfortunes that happen in life, and other real emotions do not exist. People live in a world of illusory happiness. To create Disneyland, Disney was forced to cut back on other properties to meet the needs of this luxurious and massive world. In 1955, when Disneyland opened, everything changed. Now Disney had his own world and people had to play according to his will.
Before Disney died of cancer at the age of 65, we can imagine that he was happy. He finally devised a mechanism to constantly tinker with his world. The eager young man who had been kicked out of his peaceful small-town life was now finally an emperor - no, an absolute dictator - ruling over a land where he could impose his vision on anyone. This restlessly ambitious young entrepreneur has achieved unimaginable wealth, authority and fame. Later, when asked what he was most proud of, Disney did not mention the joy of children or the family values ??he spread. He replied: "The important thing is that I was able to build an organization and be able to Control it." These are not the sentiments of children's Uncle Walt, but Walt Disney's works—many of them unaccepted and often understudied—continue to influence our lives in subtle ways. Ways of thinking and dreaming.